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gone1 verbgone2 adjectivegone3 preposition gonegone1 /ɡɒn $ ɡɒːn/ verb the past participle of gogone1 verbgone2 adjectivegone3 preposition gonegone2 adjective  - Now that his wife is gone, he doesn't get out very much.
► dead no longer alive: · the bodies of three dead soldiers· Is her father dead? ► lifeless literary dead or seeming to be dead: · their lifeless bodies ► late [only before noun] formal dead – use this as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially recently: · Mrs Lombard’s late husband· a gold Cartier bracelet that once belonged to the late American artist Andy Warhol ► deceased formal dead: · Her parents, now deceased, disapproved of her marriage.· her deceased husband· They were friends of the deceased (=the person who died). ► departed [only before noun] dead – used in order to be polite and avoid saying the word ‘dead’: · They paid their respects to their departed uncle.· his dear departed wife ► gone [not before noun] informal dead – used especially when someone was alive not long before: · ‘Is she gone?’ ‘I’m afraid so.’ when there is nothing left► be (all) gone if something is all gone , there is none of it left because it has all been used, eaten, or drunk: · "Are there any cookies left?" "No, they're all gone."· Then Cal lost his job and soon our savings were gone.· I used to feel sorry for her, but my sympathy's all gone now. ► be finished if a supply of something important is finished , it has all been used and there is none left: · In this area, emergency food aid is likely to be finished within days.· When that can's finished, there won't be any fuel left. ► no more/not any more if there is no more of something or not any more of something, it has all been used or sold: · "Where are the matches?" "We don't have any more."there's no more/there aren't any more: · There's no more sugar. You'll have to get some next time you go out.no more/not any more of: · The store didn't have any more of the dolls, but they might get some in next week. ► none left/not any left if there is none left or not any left of something, all of it has been used or sold: there is none left/there is not any left: · Don't eat any more cake or there will be none left for your dad.· There weren't any dresses left in a size 12.there is no wine/milk/fruit etc left: · There's no coffee left. Shall I make some more? ► run out if something that you need runs out , there is none of it left because it has all been used: · Our supplies had run out and all we could do was wait.· I was in a phone box and my money ran out before I'd finished. ► exhausted if a supply of something is exhausted , there is none of it left; if something that produces a supply is exhausted , there is nothing left in it: · The oxygen supply would soon become exhausted.· All that's left are some barren hillsides and a couple of exhausted mines. ► be gone- Look at Michelle - she's totally gone!
- Even the corrals had weeds in them, because the horses were gone.
- He did something unusual, but after 15 minutes he was gone.
- Mrs Doran was gone, Elsie was dead.
- One day, though, all this will be gone.
- One more such blow, I thought, face down in the sand, and I am gone.
- Ten minutes later Glover felt sure it would be all right if he looked to see if the chief was gone.
- The next year they are gone.
- Then there is a wail from ahead, a roar and a burst of light; the face is gone for ever.
► be gone on somebody- Arthur would be gone on the stroke of nine, and Ann too, if it was possible.
► be five/six/seven etc months gone 1 be gone a)to be no longer in a particular place: The door slammed and he was gone. I turned round for my bag and it was gone. b)to be dead or to no longer exist: His wife’s been gone for several years. Many of the old houses are gone now. → dead and gone at dead1(1)2be gone on somebody British English informal to be very attracted to someone of the opposite sex: Kate’s really gone on that boy next door.3be five/six/seven etc months gone British English informal to have been pregnant for five, six etc months → going, going, gone at go1(36) |