Been vs. Gone — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Been and Gone
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Been
Past participle of be.
Gone
Past participle of go1.
Been
Inflection of be.
All the fries have been eaten.
Gone
Being away from a place; absent or having departed.
Been
Inflection of be.
He been had that job.
We been knew they was doing this.
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Gone
Missing or lost
My watch is gone.
Been
Synonym of be.
It useta been five foot long.
Gone
No longer in existence; not part of the present
"The biggest catastrophe was the lack of wildlife. The great herds were gone" (Tom Clynes).
Been
(obsolete) be.
Gone
No longer available; used up
All the rice is gone.
Been
The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
Assembled been a senate grave and stout.
Gone
No longer alive; dead.
Gone
Past; bygone
An era long gone.
Gone
Advanced, as in illness or deterioration
"My poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Gone
Ruined; lost
A gone cause.
Gone
Carried away; absorbed
Far gone in speculation.
Gone
(Slang) Infatuated
Gone on his sweetheart.
Gone
(Slang) Pregnant
Is five months gone.
Gone
Inflection of go
Gone
Alternative spelling of gonor gon': short for gonna, going to.
Gone
Away, having left.
Are they gone already?
Gone
No longer existing, having passed.
The days of my youth are gone.
All the little shops that used to be here are now gone.
Gone
Used up.
I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
The bulb's gone, can you put a new one in?.
Gone
Dead.
Gone
Doomed, done for.
Have you seen the company's revenue? It's through the floor. They're gone.
Gone
(colloquial) Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
Don't bother trying to understand what Grandma says; she's gone.
Gone
(slang) Entirely given up to; infatuated with; used with on.
He's totally gone on her.
Gone
Excellent, wonderful; crazy.
It was a group of real gone cats.
Gone
(archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
Gone
(US) Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
Gone
Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
Gone
Used with a genitively constructed duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; pregnant.
She’s three months' gone
Gone
Past, after, later than (a time).
You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.
Gone
Not present; having left;
He's away right now
You must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away
Everyone is gone now
The departed guests
Gone
Destroyed or killed;
We are gone geese
Gone
Dead;
He is deceased
Our dear departed friend
Gone
Having all been spent;
The money is all gone
Gone
Well in the past; former;
Bygone days
Dreams of foregone times
Sweet memories of gone summers
Relics of a departed era
Gone
No longer retained;
Gone with the wind
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