English Explanatory Dictionary

undergo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To experience; to pass through a phase.
  2. To suffer or endure; bear with.
  3. To go or move under or beneath.

Pronunciation

/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/ /ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undergo.wav

Word forms

undergo undergoes undergoing underwent undergone

Etymology

From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

Synonyms

go through take undercome run see stand brook put up with abear abide aby accept allow bear bide dree endure forbear go along with live with pass pocket pouch stick stomach suffer swallow take sitting down thole tolerate undergang undergo

Related words

undergang
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