Definition of "gone" []

• Past participle of go1. (verb)
• Being away from a place; absent or having departed. (adjective)
• Past; bygone. (adjective)
• Advanced beyond hope or recall. (adjective)
• Dying or dead. (adjective)

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• "When he was gone, the realization that he was *gone* was mind-blowing and devastating."
• "On further inquiry, the man stated that since the cat came _down the tree_, it was a sign that his brother had gone down to hell; but had the cat _gone up the tree_, it would have shown that he had gone up to heaven."
• "“Edgar is gone, ” said the mother, with head half bowed, —“gone to work in Nashville; he and his father couldn’t agree."