English Explanatory Dictionary

done

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having completed or finished an activity.
  2. Completed or finished.
  3. Ready, fully cooked.
  4. Being exhausted or fully spent.
  5. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
  6. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
  7. Finished with (something).
  8. Punished.
verb
  1. past participle of do
  2. simple past of do; did.
  3. Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
intj
  1. Expresses that a task has been completed.
  2. Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
verb
  1. plural simple present of do
noun
  1. Clipping of methadone.
noun
  1. Alternative form of dhoni.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/dʌn/ dŭn /dʊn/ /duːn/ En-ca-done.ogg /dəʊn/ En-us-done.oga

Word forms

done more done most done dyun 'done dones

Etymology

From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Equivalent to do + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Scots dune, deen, dene, dane (“done”), Saterland Frisian däin (“done”), West Frisian dien (“done”), Dutch gedaan (“done”), German Low German daan (“done”), German getan (“done”). More at do.

Synonyms

finished through completed concluded in the books complete done ended fagged out tuckered weary bleareyed bleary bleary-eyed bone-tired bushed tired out spent wrecked drained dog-tired dog-weary exhausted fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn heavyeyed jaded languid enervated out of gas played out run-down shattered shot sleepy stuffed tired washed out weariful whacked whipped worn worn out banjaxed beat buggered busted dead tired cream crackered done in done up fried fucked gassed jiggered Kerry Packered knacked knackered

Derived words

after all is said and done and be done with it and have done with it a woman's work is never done bedone be done for be done with be done with it consider it done done and dusted done brown done deal done dotta done for done gone done like a dinner doneness doner donesies done thing done up done up like a dog's dinner done up like a kipper easier said than done fordone get done for get 'er done get the job done get work done half-done hard done by have done have done with have work done no harm done no sooner said than done not done one-and-done over and done over and done with overdone predone said and done that's done it the damage is done underdone undone well begun is half done well done well-done what has someone done what's done is done when all is said and done
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