Been vs. Gone
Beenverb
(obsolete) pres
Beenverb
(Southern US) infinitive
Been
The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
Goneverb
or gon': short for gonna, going to.
Goneadjective
Away, having left.
Goneadjective
(figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
Goneadjective
No longer existing, having passed.
Goneadjective
Used up.
Goneadjective
Dead.
Goneadjective
(colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings.
Goneadjective
(slang) Entirely given up to; infatuated with; used with on.
Goneadjective
(colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
Goneadjective
(archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
Goneadjective
(US) Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
Goneadjective
Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
Gonepreposition
Past, after, later than (a time).
Gone
p. p. of Go.
Goneadjective
not present; having left;
Goneadjective
destroyed or killed;
Goneadjective
dead;
Goneadjective
having all been spent;
Goneadjective
well in the past; former;
Goneadjective
no longer retained;
