Main Entry: gone

Pronunciation: \ˈgȯn also ˈgän\

Function: adjective

Etymology: from past participle of go

Date: 1598

1 a : lost, ruined <lost looks and gone faculties — Penelope Gilliatt> b : dead c : characterized by sinking or dropping <the empty or gone feeling in the abdomen so common in elevators — H. G. Armstrong>
2 a : involved, absorbed <far gone in hysteria> b : possessed with a strong attachment or a foolish or unreasoning love or desire : infatuated —often used with on <was real gone on that man — Pete Martin> c : pregnant <she's six months gone>
3 : past <memories of gone summers — John Cheever>
4 slang : great <a real gone fashion reporter — Inez Robb>