gone
♦♦ gone /g'ɒn, AM g'ɔːn/
1
Gone is the past participle of go.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
When someone is gone, they have left the place where you are and are no longer there. When something is gone, it is no longer present or no longer exists.
He's already been gone four hours!...
By morning the smoke will be all gone.
3 [PREP]
If you say it is gone a particular time, you mean it is later than that time. (BRIT INFORMAL)
It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.
= after, past
1
Gone is the past participle of go.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
When someone is gone, they have left the place where you are and are no longer there. When something is gone, it is no longer present or no longer exists.
He's already been gone four hours!...
By morning the smoke will be all gone.
3 [PREP]
If you say it is gone a particular time, you mean it is later than that time. (BRIT INFORMAL)
It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.
= after, past