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gone

/ɡɔːn/
verb
  1. To move:

    Similar: cross, draw, drift, fare, move

  2. (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

    "The engine just won't go anymore."

    Similar: function, operate, work

  3. To start; to begin (an action or process).

    "Get ready, get set, go!"

Synonymsbecome, change into, turn, cross, draw, drift
Antonymsfreeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop
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."

preposition
  1. Past, after, later than (a time).

    "You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock."

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