Meaning of gone | Babel Free
ɡɒnDefinitions
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Alternative spelling of gon /gon': clipping of gonna or going to. alt-of, alternative, contraction
- past participle of go
- Past participle of go1.
- Away, having left
- Being away from a place; absent or having departed.
- No longer existing, having passed
- No longer in existence; not part of the present: "The biggest catastrophe was the lack of wildlife. The great herds were gone" (Tom Clynes).
- Used up
- Advanced, as in illness or deterioration: "My poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
- Broken, failed
- Ruined; lost: a gone cause.
- Carried away; absorbed: far gone in speculation.
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Slang Infatuated: gone on his sweetheart. Slang
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Slang Pregnant: is five months gone. Slang
- the past participle of go1
- ended; past
Equivalents
Examples
“Take or be taken. Get yours or get got. It was the code of the streets and I'd lived by it. The way things was looking, I was prolly gone die by it too.”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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