gone
(adjective, verb, preposition)
adjective
1. destroyed or killed
- we are gone geese
Similar word(s): destroyed, kaput
2. dead
Similar word(s): dead, asleep, deceased, departed
3. well in the past; former
- bygone days
- dreams of foregone times
- sweet memories of gone summers
Similar word(s): past, bygone, bypast, departed, foregone
4. stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Similar word(s): bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic, beery, besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet, potty, tiddly, tipsy, bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish, doped, drugged, narcotised, narcotized, high, mellow, stoned, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped
5. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
Similar word(s): tired, exhausted, fatigued, spent
6. used up or no longer available
- gone with the wind
- if we don't get there early, all the best seats will be gone
Similar word(s): unavailable
Sentences with gone as an adjective:
- Are they gone already?
- Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone.
- He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone.
- Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone.
- The days of my youth are gone.
- I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
- Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone.
preposition
1. (Britain, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
- You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.
verb
1. past participle of go