Done

//dʌn// adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang

adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of methadone. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable

    "on the done"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of dhoni. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of do form-of, participle, past

    "There's nothing to be done."

  2. 2
    plural simple present of do form-of, obsolete, plural, present

    "The while their Foes done eache of hem ſcoꝛne."

  3. 3
    simple past of do; did. dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, past

    "I knew I done the right thing and I'd do it all over again."

  4. 4
    Used in forming the perfective aspect; have. Cockney, Southern-US, auxiliary

    "I woke up and found out she done left."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having completed or finished an activity.

    "He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done.""

  2. 2
    Completed or finished.

    "I'll text you when the movie's done."

  3. 3
    Ready, fully cooked.

    "As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat."

  4. 4
    Being exhausted or fully spent.

    "When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days."

  5. 5
    Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

    "He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish."

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  1. 6
    Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

    "I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!"

  2. 7
    Finished with (something). Canada, Philadelphia, Scotland, predicative

    "I'm done my homework."

  3. 8
    Punished. colloquial

    "I can say what I like now because I am mental and I can't get done for it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    cooked until ready to serve wordnet
  2. 2
    having finished or arrived at completion wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Expresses that a task has been completed.
  2. 2
    Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.

    "Riker: Would you be interested in selling me the ore you're carrying? / Yog: No. I have a buyer. / Riker: You haven't heard my offer. Half a gram of Anjoran biomimetic gel. / Yog: Done."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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completedthrough withdoomeda la modeagreedagreed

Example

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"Why are you sorry for something you haven't done?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English don; equivalent to do + -en (plural simple present ending).

Related phrases

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