gone

gone¹ [gɔn US go:n]

the past participle of ↑go

gone ²

gone² adj

1.) be gone

a) to be no longer in a particular place

▪ The door slammed and he was gone.

▪ I turned round for my bag and it was gone.

b) to be dead or to no longer exist

▪ His wife's been gone for several years.

▪ Many of the old houses are gone now.

→dead and gone at ↑dead¹ (1)

2.) be gone on sb

BrE informal to be very attracted to someone of the opposite sex

▪ Kate's really gone on that boy next door.

3.) be five/six/seven etc months gone

BrE informal to have been ↑pregnant for five, six etc months

→going, going, gone at ↑go¹ (36)

gone ³

gone³ prep BrE informal

later than a particular time or older than a particular age

= ↑past

▪ When we got home it was gone midnight.