Meaning & use

gone

adjective·Everyday

No longer present, existing, or available; departed or used up.

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By the time we arrived, all the tickets were gone.

Her nervousness was gone once she started speaking.

A note on using this word

Functions as an adjective after linking verbs like 'be' or 'seem,' as in 'the pain was gone.'

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