Gone and Old

Gone

Gone adjective - No longer existing.

Old and gone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Gone".

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Old

Old adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: I ran into my old fourth-grade teacher yesterday

Gone and old are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gone" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Both words in one sentence

  • In the end he dreams of being in the Stone Age and even there the old man shows up to tell him how things have gone downhill since the good old days.
  • His old trusted Good Chancellor; Sabato, and an evil old hag that turned up a few months ago (in which time the King has gone a bit strange); Rilix.
    Source: Court Mage
  • Upon regaining his memories and leaving, Baloo returns to find the old man's place in shambles and learns the old man has been dead and gone for quite some time.
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