Time

Synonyms for gone

Two senses of gone live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 2, TreelineTime

well in the past

Sweet memories of gone summers.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

departed

Same sentence, swapped: Sweet memories of departed summers.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for gone as it is used in the sentence above.

drunk
spent
used

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 3, Ridgeline

destroyed or killed

After that crash the poor car was truly gone.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

kaput

Same sentence, swapped: After that crash the poor car was truly kaput.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for gone as it is used in the sentence above.

drunk
spent
ago

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