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GONE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dead
Example:
our dear departed friend
Synonyms:
asleep; at peace; at rest; deceased; departed; gone
Classified under:
Similar:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
Domain usage:
euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used up or no longer available
Example:
if we don't get there early, all the best seats will be gone
Classified under:
Similar:
unavailable (not available or accessible or at hand)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Destroyed or killed
Example:
we are gone geese
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Example:
helplessly inebriated
Synonyms:
drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
bacchanal; bacchanalian; bacchic; carousing; orgiastic (used of riotously drunken merrymaking)
beery (smelling of beer)
besotted; blind drunk; blotto; cockeyed; crocked; fuddled; loaded; pie-eyed; pissed; pixilated; plastered; slopped; sloshed; smashed; soaked; soused; sozzled; squiffy; stiff; tight; wet (very drunk)
potty; tiddly; tipsy (slightly intoxicated)
bibulous; boozy; drunken; sottish (given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol)
doped; drugged; narcotised; narcotized (under the influence of narcotics)
half-seas-over (British informal for 'intoxicated')
high; mellow (slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana))
hopped-up; stoned (under the influence of narcotics)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Well in the past; former
Example:
relics of a departed era
Synonyms:
bygone; bypast; departed; foregone; gone
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
Example:
you look worn out
Synonyms:
dog-tired; exhausted; fagged; fatigued; gone; played out; spent; washed-out; worn-out; worn out
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb go
Context examples:
It is given to women who have gone through menopause or to women who have early menopause caused by cancer treatment or by having their ovaries removed by surgery.
(ERT, NCI Dictionary)
The biologists found that 44% of the 538 species had already gone extinct at one or more sites.
(One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years, National Science Foundation)
Of course, once this happens, that water and CO2 are gone forever.
(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)
The mate’s gone, so I can’t afford to lose you too.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
This ice shelf has existed for at least 10,000 years, and soon it will be gone.
(Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Nearing Its Final Act, NASA)
The disease, caused by the death of retina cells at the back of the eye, affects 60million people around the world, a 10th of whom have gone completely blind.
(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Water ice isn't expected to be stable at any depth in that area today and any ice deposited there should be long gone.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
The number of passages a line of cultured cells has gone through is an indication of its age and expected stability.
(Passage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
When he was gone, Amy, who had been pensive all evening, said suddenly, as if busy over some new idea, "Is Laurie an accomplished boy?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
No, she said, he had come home in the afternoon but had gone up to the hall to dine and pass the evening with the squire.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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