1
2
b
: possessed with a strong attachment or a foolish or unreasoning love or desire : infatuated
—often used with on
was real gone on that man—
Pete Martin
Pete Martin
c
: pregnant
she's six months gone
3
: past
memories of gone summers—John Cheever
John Cheever4
slang
: great
a real gone fashion reporter—Inez Robb
Inez Robbgone
2 of 2past participle of go entry 1
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Adjective
She should have been back by now. She's been gone for more than an hour.
The outfielder went back to the fence and jumped, but the ball was gone.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
People have found out in the process — some who’ve gone virtual — their attendance has gone way up.
—Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020
Inspired by Eusope’s great-grandfather’s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news.
—Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
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Adjective
The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
People have found out in the process — some who’ve gone virtual — their attendance has gone way up.
—Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 May 2020
Inspired by Eusope’s great-grandfather’s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news.
—Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
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“Gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gone. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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gone
adjective
ˈgȯn 
also ˈgän
2
a
: being advanced, involved, or absorbed
far gone in grief
b
: being infatuated
gone on each other
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