verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

gan

gan · gans · went · gane · gawn

To goTo go.

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/ɡæn/

» The pain has mostly gone away.

Der Schmerz ist größtenteils verschwunden.

Біль майже пройшов.

Біль майже угамувався.

Meaning

1 senses

(North, Northumbria, Yorkshire)To go.

Examples

3994 sentences

The pain has mostly gone away.
Біль майже пройшов.
deDer Schmerz ist größtenteils verschwunden.
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The last train has already gone.
Останній поїзд вже від'їхав.
ruПоследний поезд уже ушел.
deDer letzte Zug ist schon weg.
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How long has Tom been gone?
Скільки не було Тома?
deWie lange ist Tom schon weg?
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I can't believe Tom has gone.
Повірити не можу, що Том пішов.
ruЯ не могу поверить, что Том ушёл.
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I was only gone an hour.
Мене не було лише годину.
ruМеня всего час не было.
deIch war nur eine Stunde lang weg.
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Origin

Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step;

Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step; walk; go”).

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Forms

gans, gawn, went, gane

Base form	gan · to gan
3rd person singular	gans
Present participle	gawn
Past simple	went
Past participle	gane

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gan
he, she, it	gans

Past simpleLesson

all persons

went

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gane
he, she, it	has gane

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will gan

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

gone gone
has gone gone
gone gone to
be gone gone
should've gone gone
gone gone by
already gone gone
gone gone home
gone gone there
gone gone out
gone gone for
ever gone gone