gone
pronunciation
How to pronounce gone in British English:
UK [gɒn]
How to pronounce gone in American English:
US [gɔn]
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- Adjective:
- not present; having left
- destroyed or killed
- dead
- having all been spent
- well in the past; former
- no longer retained
Word Origin
- gone (adj.)
- "hopeless, beyond recovery," 1590s, past participle adjective from go (v.). In jazz slang as a superlative from 1946.
Example
- 1. But while the ideology has gone , the mechanism for sustaining political power remains .
- 2. It was too pricey on listing , at about 23 times expected earnings for the financial year just gone .
- 3. So my predictions for the year just gone by were at least half right ( 3 + 4 ) .