gone
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1.0
- adjective
- /ɡɔn/
:
desaparecido
- We left before they were up, and they were gone when we got back.
- long gone
- gone for good
- almost gone
I go if, if once I'm gone, you're screwed.
- I go if, if once I'm gone, you're screwed.
- When his power is gone, he's gone empty.
- And she died while he was gone and she drowned.
- And the money we have in the bank is gone, gone.
- Second of all, that long gone, she's short gone.
- You know, but it's gone from me going like.
- The term the four world gone from care.
Examples
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The garden was beautiful, but by summer, all the flowers were gone.
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The sooner we're gone, the better.
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I'll only be gone for three days.
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After a year's time, the wine was gone except for two barrels for the Trustees' stores.
Academic text (2008) -
Weeks later, it was gone, and before long a new house had arisen.
Academic text (2008) -
Then, about six years later, I rode the train again, and the concession stands were gone.
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Suddenly, any exhilaration she felt was gone, and the foolishness of what she was doing hit her.
Fiction book (1990) -
The crinkles at the sides of his face were gone, and deeper lines etched his features now.
Fiction book (1990) -
When I returned to my hometown, I found that my childhood friends were gone.
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After the storm, the remains of the old fence were gone, leaving only the posts.
Synonyms
29
3.8
Something that people do not use or think about anymore
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8.0
From an earlier time that is now past
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1.0
Gone for good and impossible to get back
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4.4
No longer present or existing
Not existing any more
From a time long ago
Antonyms
Idioms
3
8.9
To try something new in a place or way no one has done before
- Informal
Someone or something disappears completely so nobody knows where they are
How Absent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gone comes from the past form of the simple verb go, which means 'to move away' or 'leave'. So if something is gone, it has 'moved away' or is 'no longer here', which explains the usual meaning of 'not present' or 'used up'.