gone

[gawn, gon] / gɔn, gɒn /

ADJECTIVE

not present, no longer in existence

Synonyms

STRONG

absent consumed decamped deceased departed disappeared disintegrated displaced dissipated dissolved done elapsed ended finished flown lacking left lost missing moved passed quit removed retired shifted spent split transferred traveling vanished withdrawn

WEAK

AWOL astray away burned up dead defunct down the drain dried-up extinct no more nonextant not a sign of not here out the window over past taken a powder taken leave turned to dust

Antonyms

STRONG

alive existing living present

WEAK

around current

Example Sentences

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“The earth shuddered, the street rose up,” recalled Arturo Rivero, who had gone to La Guaira for the day with his family to enjoy the beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Reading might have gone out of fashion because it has become too easy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The Nikkei 225 had gone “decades without hitting a record high after the bubble burst in 1989” for Japan’s stock market, Bespoke said in a note emailed on Monday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Three nuclear plants in France have gone offline due to the heat.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

We have to go with Clare to a dark place—a very dark place indeed—a place where few foxes and only a handful of elk and absolutely no badgers have ever gone before.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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