gone
154
5.5
- adjective
- /ɡɔn/
- What is past is literally gone, dead, vanished, and never to be seen again.
- gone forever
- dead and gone
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- And then it's just smashed and dead and gone.
- This guy is is is hurt horrifically, not dead, arm gone, side of his head gone.
- Death is indeed a remedy for some people who are so far gone.
Examples
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After sight, hearing, and even touch are gone, the dying hold on to their sense of smell.
Fiction book (1990) -
When I finally realized that they were gone, I felt as if I had lost her forever.
Fiction book (1990) -
Some of these leaders are now gone and their memories lost forever.
Academic text (1993) -
However, the grief and memories are not gone; they remain and are accessible anytime.
Academic text (2011) -
The old curtains, however, were gone, and heavy cream linen draperies hung in their place.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the 1990s, long after Chiang Ching-kuo was gone, his legacy continued to benefit Taiwan.
Academic text (2000) -
Eldest, you discover, is long gone, without having eaten even a bite of congee.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now his spirit vanquished, defenseless, his breath gone, rendered by life back to the great void.
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With Oglethorpe gone, Major William Horton was appointed to serve as the regiment's acting commander.
Academic text (2011) -
After the storm, the village was left in ruins, and many felt that hope was gone.
Synonyms
275
5.3
With no hope of being saved or helped
249
2.7
To die, said in a gentle or polite way
92
3.5
A person who is not alive, used in formal or respectful speech
40
8.1
A person who will probably die or be in serious trouble
30
7.7
Very likely to fail or die and cannot be saved
21
7.5
Certain to fail and unable to recover
14
3.9
Completely finished and no longer talked about
13
8.2
No longer working because it is broken or destroyed
5
6.1
People say someone is not alive in a gentle, respectful way
5
4.2
No longer living and often remembered
4
5.3
Badly damaged or destroyed, like a building after a disaster
1
8.8
Not living any more, for example a person or animal
Antonyms
Idioms
3
8.9
To try something new in a place or way no one has done before
- Informal
1
9.5
Someone or something disappears completely so nobody knows where they are
How Dead
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gone comes from the past form of go, meaning 'to leave', and people began to use it when someone had 'left life'. That's why saying someone is gone is a gentle way to mean they are 'dead' or no longer living.