gone

CEFRA2

/ɡɒn/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    No longer present or having left a place.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Away, having left.

Examples

  • For a moment there, I thought he had gone mad.

  • The cost of posting a letter has gone up again.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. No longer existing, having passed.

  2. Used up.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of go

More examples

In context

  • You needn't have gone to the trouble.

  • All the little shops that used to be here are now gone.

  • The days of my youth are gone.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After the long winter, the snow had completely blank from the fields.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).