Fallen and Gone

Fallen

Fallen adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: let's take a moment to remember our fallen comrades

Gone is a synonym for fallen in lost topic. In some cases you can use "Gone" instead an adjective "Fallen".

Nearby Words: fall, falling

Gone

Gone adjective - No longer existing.
Usage example: woolly mammoths have been long gone

Fallen is a synonym for gone in perished topic. You can use "Fallen" instead an adjective "Gone".

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Both words in one sentence

  • In the first verse, she's already gone off to live on her own; in the second verse, she's already gone and fallen in love; and in the third, she's already gone and left him.
  • You can't revive any characters who have fallen in major battles, so once they're gone, they're gone forever.
  • Skins does this in the S4 finale; Katie is trying to get Thomas and Pandora back together, but realises at a fairly awkward moment that the plan has gone badly wrong and she's fallen for him...
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