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Gone

/ɡɔːn/

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📖 Definitions of "Gone"

verb

1
To move:
2
(chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
"The engine just won't go anymore."
3
To start; to begin (an action or process).
"Get ready, get set, go!"
4
To take a turn, especially in a game.
"It’s your turn; go."

adjective

1
Away, having left.
"Are they gone already?"
2
No longer part of the present situation.
"Don't bother trying to understand what Grandma says; she's gone."
3
No longer existing, having passed.
"All the little shops that used to be here are now gone."
4
Used up.
"I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment."

preposition

1
Past, after, later than (a time).
"You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock."

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
deadnoun	(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
exhausted	Very tired; zonked (out).
bygonenoun	Having been or happened in the distant past.
foregone	(informal) inevitable; settled
expended	Spent; used up; exhausted.
pastnoun	The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
kaput	(informal) Out of order; not working.
deceasednoun	No longer alive; dead.
departednoun	Having gone away.
awayverb	From a place, hence.
asleep	In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
spent	Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
at peace	—
bypast	past
done for	Doomed; without hope of recovery.
at rest	in a relaxed position, of soldiers

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
departednoun	Having gone away.
awayverb	(intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.
deceasednoun	No longer alive; dead.
deadverb	(transitive) To prevent by disabling; to stop.
done for	Doomed; without hope of recovery.
lostverb	In an unknown location; unable to be found.
destroyedverb	Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
absentverb	(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
expended	Spent; used up; exhausted.
spentverb	Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
exhausted	Very tired; zonked (out).
kaputnoun	(informal) Out of order; not working.
bygonenoun	Having been or happened in the distant past.
bypast	past
asleep	In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
pastnoun	The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
foregone	(informal) inevitable; settled
at peaceverb	—
at rest	in a relaxed position, of soldiers
leaveverb	(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.