gone
Away, having left.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.”
Broken, failed.
“The bulb is gone. Can you put a new one in?”
Preposition 1 meaning
Past, after, later than (a time).
“You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.”
Etymology
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”).
GONE at a glance
GONE has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (G 2 + O 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #660 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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