GONE


Meaning of GONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgȯn also ]

ˈgän 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

4. slang : great

a real gone fashion reporter — Inez Robb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.