Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before.gone1 verbgone2 adjectivegone3 preposition
gonegone1 /ɡɒn $ ɡɒːn/ verb 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before. This milk has gone bad. Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates. She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him. Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat (=become flat)? She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. The plan had gone horribly wrong. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane? The TV’s gone kaput. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight)! Do you think the meat’s gone off? They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday. The cancer has gone into remission. The sandwiches have gone all soggy. Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm. My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded. His efforts have not gone unrewarded.
the past participle of go Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before. This milk has gone bad. Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates. informal (=completely dead)· Let’s face it, we’ll all be dead and gone soon.
She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him. Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat (=become flat)? She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. The plan had gone horribly wrong. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane? The TV’s gone kaput. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight)! Do you think the meat’s gone off? They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday. The cancer has gone into remission. The sandwiches have gone all soggy. Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm. My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded. His efforts have not gone unrewarded. (=in the past)· The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
gone1 verbgone2 adjectivegone3 preposition
gonegone2 adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Now that his wife is gone, he doesn't get out very much.
THESAURUS
no longer alive: · the bodies of three dead soldiers· Is her father dead?
literary dead or seeming to be dead: · their lifeless bodies
[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
formal dead: · Her parents, now deceased, disapproved of her marriage.· her deceased husband· They were friends of the deceased (=the person who died).
[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
[not before noun] informal dead – used especially when someone was alive not long before: · ‘Is she gone?’ ‘I’m afraid so.’
Longman Language Activatorwhen there is nothing left 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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before. This milk has gone bad. Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates. She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him. Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat (=become flat)? She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. The plan had gone horribly wrong. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane? The TV’s gone kaput. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight)! Do you think the meat’s gone off? They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday. The cancer has gone into remission. The sandwiches have gone all soggy. Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm. My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded. His efforts have not gone unrewarded.
Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before. This milk has gone bad. Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates. informal (=completely dead)· Let’s face it, we’ll all be dead and gone soon.
She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him. Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat (=become flat)? She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. The plan had gone horribly wrong. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane? The TV’s gone kaput. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight)! Do you think the meat’s gone off? They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday. The cancer has gone into remission. The sandwiches have gone all soggy. Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm. My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded. His efforts have not gone unrewarded. (=in the past)· The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be five/six/seven etc months gone
1 be gone a)to be no longer in a particular place: - 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.
- Arthur would be gone on the stroke of nine, and Ann too, if it was possible.
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)gone1 verbgone2 adjectivegone3 preposition
gonegone3 preposition British English informal COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before. This milk has gone bad. Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates. She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him. Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat (=become flat)? She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. The plan had gone horribly wrong. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane? The TV’s gone kaput. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight)! Do you think the meat’s gone off? They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday. The cancer has gone into remission. The sandwiches have gone all soggy. Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm. My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded. His efforts have not gone unrewarded.
later than a particular time or older than a particular age SYN past: Two soldiers had gone AWOL the night before. This milk has gone bad. Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates. informal (=completely dead)· Let’s face it, we’ll all be dead and gone soon.
She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him. Have you checked that the batteries haven’t gone flat (=become flat)? She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight. The plan had gone horribly wrong. Why did you do that? Have you gone insane? The TV’s gone kaput. He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight)! Do you think the meat’s gone off? They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday. The cancer has gone into remission. The sandwiches have gone all soggy. Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm. My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. Many of the complaints have gone unrecorded. His efforts have not gone unrewarded. (=in the past)· The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
When we got home it was gone midnight.