How do you pronounce gone?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɔːn/.

Where does gone come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

gone

/ɡɔːn/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.17 in modern English

Syllables: gone
IPA: /ɡɔːn/

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Meaning

verb

past participle of go

adj

Away, having left.

adj

No longer existing, having passed.

adj

Used up.

adj

Broken, failed.

adj

Dead.

adj

Doomed, done for.

adj

Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Are they gone already?"
"The days of my youth are gone."
"All hopes for a truce are gone."
"All the little shops that used to be here are now gone."
"All the love in the world can't be gone / All the need to be loved can't be wrong / All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying / "Boogie Wonderland, Wonderland""
"I'm afraid all the coffee is gone."

Etymology

From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gon, gān, *gānaz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡɔːn/
British English: /ɡɒn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

further gone (comparative) farther gone (comparative) goner (comparative) furthest gone (superlative) farthest gone (superlative) gonest (superlative)

Derived Forms

bygone downgone goner goneski gonesome Gonesville ungone waygone

Phrases

all gone be gone boldly go where no man has gone before da arse is gone right out of 'er day gone by dead and gone far gone game's gone

Synonyms

asleep at peace at rest deceased departed done for kaput intoxicated drunk inebriated ripped

Rhymes With

hands-on drawn sean dawn lawn withdrawn shawn shaun undergone pawn vaughan braun