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gone | left |

As verbs the difference between gone and left

is that gone is past participle of lang=en while left is past tense of leave.

As adjectives the difference between gone and left

is that gone is away, having left while left is the opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.

As a preposition gone

is past, after, later than (a time).

As an adverb left is

on the left side.

As a noun left is

the left side or direction.

gone

English

Alternative forms

* ywent (obsolete verb form)

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * goner

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Away, having left.
    • Are they gone already?
  • (figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
    • Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone .
    He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone .
    Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone .
  • No longer existing, having passed.
    • The days of my youth are gone .
  • Used up.
    • I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
  • Dead.
  • (colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
    • Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone .
  • (colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
  • (archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 491:
    • Six nights gone , your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (British, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
    • You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.

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    left

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from (etyl) left, . More at (l), (l).

    Adjective

  • The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
    • Turn left at the corner.
  • (politics) pertaining to the political left; liberal.
    • Synonyms
    * left-hand * sinister * sinistral
    Antonyms
    * right
    Derived terms
    * left-hand * left-handed * left wing * two left feet

    Adverb

    (-)
  • On the left side.
  • Towards the left side.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The left side or direction.
  • (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
    • The political left is not holding enough power.
  • (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
    • Synonyms
    * (left side or direction) , port * (politics)
    Derived terms
    * lefty * to the left

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) left, variant of . More at leave.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (leave).
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}}
  • Remaining.

    • Etymology 3

    From a verbal use of . More at leave.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.
    • We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.

    References

    * The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat.

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