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   gone

   /ɡɒn/

   verb

   • 1. past participle of go

   adjective

   • 1. no longer present; departed: "you were gone a long time" Similar awayabsentoffoutnot presentnon-attendingtruantmissinglackingunavailablein absentiainformal:AWOLpastgone byoverover and done withno moredonedead and buriedfinishedcompletedendedforgottenextinctOpposite presentextanthere
   • ▪ no longer in existence; dead or extinct: "an aunt of mine, long since gone" Similar deaddeceasedexpireddepartedno morepassed onpassed awaylatelostlamentedperishedfallenslainslaughteredkilledmurderedlifelesshaving breathed one's lastdefunctextinctinformal:(as) dead as a doornailsix feet underpushing up daisiesunder the sodeuphemistic:with Godasleepat peacerare:demisedexanimateOpposite alive
   • ▪ no longer available; consumed or used up: "the food's all gone, I'm afraid" Similar used upconsumedexhaustedfinishedspentdepleteddrainedat an end
   • ▪ in a trance or stupor, especially through exhaustion, drink, or drugs: informal "she sat, half-gone, on a folding chair"
   • ▪ beyond help; in a hopeless state: informal US "spending time and effort on a gone sucker like Galindez" Similar pastgone byoverover and done withno moredonedead and buriedfinishedcompletedendedforgottenextinctOpposite extanthere
   • ▪ excellent; inspired: informal, dated US "a bunch of real gone cats"
   • 2. having reached a specified time in a pregnancy: informal "she is now four months gone"

   preposition

   • 1. (of time) past: British "it's gone half past eleven"
   • ▪ (of age) older than: British "she was gone sixty by then"

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

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