gone

See also góneʼ

English

Alternative forms

• ywent (obsolete verb form)

Etymology

From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Dutch gegaan (“gone”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: gŏn, IPA: /ɡɒn/, X-SAMPA: /gQn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɡɔn/, X-SAMPA: /gOn/, enPR: gôn; (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɡɑn/, X-SAMPA: /gAn/, enPR: gŏn
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

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Verb

gone

1. Past participle of go

Derived terms

• goner

Adjective

gone (not generally comparable; )

1. Away, having left.

   Are they gone already?

2. (figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.

   Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone.

   He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone.

   Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone.

3. No longer existing, having passed.

   The days of my youth are gone.

4. Used up.

   I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.

5. Dead.
6. (colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings

   Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone.

7. (colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
8. (archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 491:

     Six nights gone, your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock.

Translations

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ido (es), llevado (es), desaparecido (es) m, quitado (es), separado (es), faltando (es), abulido (es)

Preposition

gone

1. (UK, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).

   You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: along · four · wish · #328: gone · times · girl · during

Anagrams

• geon

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Fijian

Noun

gone

1. child

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French

Etymology

Apparently from Franco-Provençal.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gon/

Noun

gone m (plural gones)

1. (Lyon dialect) kid (child)