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Dictionary: gone   (gôn, gŏn) pronunciation
 
v.

Past participle of go1.

adj.
  1. Being away from a place; absent or having departed.
  2. Past; bygone.
  3. Advanced beyond hope or recall.
  4. Dying or dead.
  5. Ruined; lost: a gone cause.
  6. Carried away; absorbed.
  7. Used up; exhausted.
  8. Slang. Infatuated: gone on his sweetheart.
  9. Slang. Pregnant: is five months gone.

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adjective

  1. Not present: absent, away, missing, wanting. See absence.
  2. No longer in one's possession: lost, missing. See get/lose.
  3. No longer alive: asleep, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, extinct, late, lifeless. Idioms: at rest, pushing up daisies. See live/die.
  4. Affected with intense romantic attraction: enamored, infatuate, infatuated, smitten. See excite/bore/interest, sex/asexual.
  5. Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: big, enceinte, expectant, expecting, gravid, parturient, pregnant. Archaic great. Idioms: in a family way, with child. See reproduction/barrenness.

 
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adj

Definition: not present, no longer in existence
Antonyms: around, current, existing, present, working


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To have moved away from one point to or toward another.

pronunciation Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone. — William Shakespeare, (1564-1616), English poet.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forsvundet
prep. - væk, borte

idioms:

  • be gone    være væk
  • be gone on    være på
  • to have gone and done something    være kommet til at

Nederlands (Dutch)
weg, voorbijgegaan, dood, in verwachting, in vervoering, smoor verliefd, te gek

Français (French)
adj. - parti, disparu (euph), (GB) enceinte, amouraché/entiché, passé (l'heure)
prep. - passé (l'heure)

idioms:

  • be gone    allez-vous-en, être parti, être absent, être disparu
  • be gone on    s'amouracher de
  • to have gone and done something    avoir fait (par inadvertance) qch de regrettable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fort, weg, nach
prep. - vorbei (Zeit) , älter (Alter)

idioms:

  • be gone    alle sein
  • be gone on    verknallt sein in
  • to have gone and done something    etwas getan haben, was man bedauert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περασμένος, ξοφλημένος, χαντακωμένος, έγκυος, φτιαγμένος

idioms:

  • be gone    φεύγω, έχω φύγει
  • be gone on    είμαι τσιμπημένος με
  • to have gone and done something    τα καταφέρνω και

Italiano (Italian)
smarrito

idioms:

  • be gone    essere esaurito
  • be gone on    avere una cotta per
  • to have gone and done something    

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ido, arruinado, perdido, falecido, esgotado, consumido

idioms:

  • be gone    mostrar os efeitos do álcool ou drogas
  • be gone on    estar apaixonado
  • to have gone and done something    ter ido e feito algo

Русский (Russian)
покойный, уехавший, ушедший, потерянный, израсходованный, безнадежный

idioms:

  • be gone    уходить
  • be gone on    по уши влюбиться, быть ослепленным чем-л.
  • to have gone and done something    не сидеть сложа руки

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perdido, extraviado, desaparecido, que se ha ido, arruinado, muerto, pasado
prep. - antes, en el pasado

idioms:

  • be gone    haberse acabado, irse, marcharse, vete!
  • be gone on    andar loco con, estar chiflado por, estar loco por, estar enamorado de
  • to have gone and done something    ¡buena la han hecho!, haber hecho daño sin querer

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - borta, förlorad, död, vara svårt sjuk, vara långt framskriden, förgången, salig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
离去的, 用完的, 死去的, 指时间上的经过

idioms:

  • be gone    走开
  • be gone on    与...恋爱, 对...感兴趣
  • to have gone and done something    ...居然去做了!

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 離去的, 用完的, 死去的
prep. - 指時間上的經過

idioms:

  • be gone    走開
  • be gone on    與...戀愛, 對...感興趣
  • to have gone and done something    ...居然去做了!

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이미 지나간, ~이전, 가망성 없는, ~을 넘은, 멋있는, 지친, 정신이 나간, 임신한
prep. - ~이 지난

idioms:

  • be gone    이미 지나다, 가망성이 없다
  • be gone on    ~를 사랑하여
  • to have gone and done something    무언가를 어리석게 하다, 무언가를 우연히 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 過ぎ去った, なくなった, 使い切った, 弱った, 見込みのない

idioms:

  • be gone    立ち去れ, 留守である
  • be gone on    …にほれ込んで
  • gone up in the world    世界にはばたく
  • to have gone and done something    ~しに行った, 愚かにも~した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذهب, انتهى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אבוד, הרוס, מת, אחרי (זמן), בהיריון, משועבד ל(סמים, מוסיקה קצבית וכו')‬
prep. - ‮כלה, אזל, הסתלק‬


 
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