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Added 8 October 2026

gone

/ɡɒn/ verb

In Latin: abiisse Wiktionary

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past participle of go

adjective

Away, having left.
Are they gone already?
No longer existing, having passed.
The days of my youth are gone.
Used up.
I'm afraid all the coffee is gone.

preposition

Past, after, later than (a time).
You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.

contraction

Alternative spelling of gon / gon': clipping of gonna or going to.

Origin

From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).

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