Definition gone in American English

gone adjective

adjective

/ɡɔn/

someone who is gone is no longer present in a place

Example

I'll be gone for about half an hour.

Example

Bob and his family have been gone about six months now.

Synonyms and related words

absent lacking missing

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something that is gone no longer exists or has all been used

Example

Sadly, those days are gone now.

Example

The milk's all gone.

Synonyms and related words

absent lacking missing

Synonyms and related words

drunk drunken hard-drinking hopped-up hooked bombed-out

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Example

Both his parents are gone.

Words related to gone:

the barn/stable door after the horse is gone (phrase) far gone (adjective) go (verb) go about (phrasal verb) go after (phrasal verb) go against (phrasal verb) go ahead (phrasal verb) go along (phrasal verb) go along with (phrasal verb) go around (phrasal verb) go at someone (phrasal verb) go away (phrasal verb) go back (phrasal verb) go back on (phrasal verb) go before (phrasal verb) go beyond (phrasal verb) go by (phrasal verb) go down (phrasal verb) go down on (phrasal verb) go down with (phrasal verb) go for (phrasal verb) go in (phrasal verb) go in for (phrasal verb) go in with (phrasal verb) go into (phrasal verb) go off (phrasal verb) go off with (phrasal verb) go on (phrasal verb) go on at (phrasal verb) go out (phrasal verb) go out of (phrasal verb) go out to (phrasal verb) go over (phrasal verb) go over to (phrasal verb) go through (phrasal verb) go through with (phrasal verb) go to (phrasal verb) go together (phrasal verb) go toward (phrasal verb) go under (phrasal verb) go up (phrasal verb) go with (phrasal verb) go without (phrasal verb) going, going, gone (phrase) gone (adjective) gone () gone on someone (phrase) here today, gone tomorrow (phrase) I thought I’d died and gone to heaven (phrase) someone’s has gone cold (phrase) etc. months gone (phrase)