Undergo

//ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To experience; to pass through a phase. transitive

    "The project is undergoing great changes."

  2. 2
    go through wordnet
  3. 3
    To suffer or endure; bear with. transitive

    "The victim underwent great trauma."

  4. 4
    To go or move under or beneath. obsolete, transitive

Synonyms

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experiencego throughstandtakeabearabide

Example

More examples

"The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation."

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”).

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pass through

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