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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GONE, pp. of go; pronounced nearly gawn.
1. Departed.
It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath. 1 Kings 2.
2. Advanced; forward in progress; with far, farther, or further; as a man far gone in intemperance.
3. Ruined; undone. Exert yourselves, or we are gone.
4. Past; as, these happy days are gone; sometimes with by. Those times are gone by.
5. Lost.
When her masters saw that the hope of their gains
were gone---Acts 16.
6. Departed from life; deceased; dead.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for, kaput, gone]
2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone]
3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]
4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: from past participle of go Date: 1598 1. a. lost, ruined <lost looks and gone faculties — Penelope Gilliatt> b. dead c. characterized by sinking or dropping <the empty or gone feeling in the abdomen so common in elevators — H. G. Armstrong> 2. a. involved, absorbed <far gone in hysteria> b. possessed with a strong attachment or a foolish or unreasoning love or desire ; infatuated — often used with on <was real gone on that man — Pete Martin> c. pregnant <she's six months gone> 3. past <memories of gone summers — John Cheever> 4. slang great <a real gone fashion reporter — Inez Robb>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of time) past (not until gone nine). 2 a lost; hopeless. b dead. 3 colloq. pregnant for a specified time (already three months gone). 4 sl. completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc. Phrases and idioms: be gone depart; leave temporarily (cf. BEGONE). gone away! a huntsman's cry, indicating that a fox has been started. gone goose (or gosling) colloq. a person or thing beyond hope. gone on sl. infatuated with. Etymology: past part. of GO(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Go Go, v. i. [imp. Went (w[e^]nt); p. p. Gone (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Going. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See Wend, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. kicha`nai to reach, overtake, Skr. h[=a] to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. [root]47a. Cf. Gang, v. i., Wend.] 1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied. 2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely. Note: In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. ``Whereso I go or ride.'' --Chaucer. You know that love Will creep in service where it can not go. --Shak. Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. --Shak. He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees. --Bunyan. Note: In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home. 3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded. The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. --1 Sa. xvii. 12. [The money] should go according to its true value. --Locke. 4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out. How goes the night, boy ? --Shak. I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. --Arbuthnot. Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. --I Watts. 5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show. Against right reason all your counsels go. --Dryden. To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology. --Sir W. Scott. 6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake. Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood. --Sir P. Sidney. Note: Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gone Gone, p. p. of Go.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Gone is the past participle of go. 2. When someone is gone, they have left the place where you are and are no longer there. When something is gone, it is no longer present or no longer exists. He's already been gone four hours!... By morning the smoke will be all gone. ADJ: v-link ADJ 3. If you say it is gone a particular time, you mean it is later than that time. (BRIT INFORMAL) It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished. = after, past PREP

Moby Thesaurus

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