gone

[ gawn, gon ]

verb

1. past participle of go ¹.

adjective

1. departed; left.
2. lost or hopeless.
3. ruined.
4. that has passed away; dead.
5. past.
6. weak and faint:

   a gone feeling.

7. used up.
8. Slang.
   1. pregnant:

      two months gone.

   2. great; outstanding.
   3. exhilarated; inspired.

gone

/ ɡɒn /

verb

1. the past participle of go 1

adjective

1. ended; past
2. lost; ruined (esp in the phrases gone goose or gosling )
3. dead or near to death
4. spent; consumed; used up
5. informal.
   faint or weak
6. informal.
   having been pregnant (for a specified time)

   six months gone

7. slang.
   usually foll by on in love (with)
8. slang.
   in an exhilarated state, as through music or the use of drugs
9. gone out informal.
   blank and without comprehension, as if stupefied in surprise

adverb

1. past

   it's gone midnight

Word History and Origins

Origin of gone¹

First recorded in 1580–90, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. far gone,
   1. much advanced; deeply involved.
   2. nearly exhausted; almost worn out.
   3. dying:

      The rescue party finally reached the scene of the crash, but most of the survivors were already far gone.

2. gone on, Informal. infatuated with; in love with:

   He is still gone on the woman who jilted him.

More idioms and phrases containing gone

• a goner
• all gone
• dead and buried (gone)
• far gone
• going, going, gone
• here today, gone tomorrow
• to hell and gone

Example Sentences

“It’s just gone completely crazy,” says Mike Young, a science communicator in Denmark who gives social media workshops to scientists.

From Science Magazine

While in high school, Foster and Tustin had gone up against Carson Palmer and Santa Margarita three times.

From Los Angeles Times

Mushie was gone, having gotten out of her harness somehow and run out of the gate.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that benefit rises linked to having children had gone up by less than pension payments, adding: "Inequality is generational, and the generation that experiences it the most are the young".

From BBC

"I think that there has been frustration, that's obvious and I think everybody has been frustrated about how long this has gone on."

From BBC