gone
gone [gone] adjective, preposition BrE [ɡɒn] NAmE [ɡɔːn]
see also ↑go v.
adjective not before noun
1. (of a thing)used up
•‘Where's the coffee?’ ‘It's all gone.’
2. (of a person)having left a place; away from a place
•‘Is Tom here?’ ‘No, he was gone before I arrived’.
3. (formal)used to say that a particular situation no longer exists
•The days are gone when you could leave your door unlocked at night.
4. (BrE, informal)having been pregnant for the length of time mentioned
•She's seven months gone.
•How far gone are you?
more at be dead and gone at ↑dead adj.
Idiom: ↑going, going, gone
preposition (BrE, informal)
later than the time mentioned
Syn: ↑past
•It's gone six already.
See also: ↑going once, going twice, sold
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