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gone

v.
A2 Elementary US //ˈɡɔn// UK //ɡˈɒn// gone Archaic Informal Slang

v. the past participle of 'go'. You use it to say that someone has left a place or is no longer there.

v. the past participle of 'go', indicating movement away from a location or the state of being no longer present.


SIMPLE

She has gone to the store.

CONTEXTUAL

By the time we arrived at the station, the last train had already gone.

COMPLEX

The opportunity had gone before he could even formulate a plan, leaving him to wonder what might have happened if he had acted with more conviction.

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Intransitive; often used as an adjective to describe something that is missing or finished.

Pitfall

I have went thereI have gone thereLearners often confuse the past simple 'went' with the past participle 'gone' in perfect tenses.

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