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

“One minute he was fishing and the next moment he was gone,” she says of her father’s decline, recalling how quickly the disease spread.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Chamberlain has gone as far as to having the numbers 376 tattooed across his stomach.

From BBC

The money has gone towards long-term development projects and emergency aid.

From BBC

DeShaun Foster acknowledged that both of the game balls he’s been given this season to commemorate coaching firsts could have gone to someone equally worthy.

From Los Angeles Times

But now it has gone further and made the platforms inaccessible on work phones and computers.

From BBC