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gone

2 entries found.


Main Entry:
gone 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈgȯn also ˈgän\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
from past participle of go
Date:
1598
1 a: lost , ruined <lost looks and gone faculties — Penelope Gilliatt> b: dead c: characterized by sinking or dropping <the empty or gone feeling in the abdomen so common in elevators — H. G. Armstrong>2 a: involved , absorbed <far gone in hysteria> 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> c: pregnant <she's six months gone>3: past <memories of gone summers — John Cheever>4slang : great <a real gone fashion reporter — Inez Robb>
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