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done
[ duhn ]
auxiliary verb
- Nonstandard: South Midland and Southern U.S. (used with a principal verb in the past or, sometimes, present tense to indicate completed action):
I done told you so. He done eat his lunch.
adjective
- completed; finished; through:
Our work is done.
- cooked sufficiently.
- worn out; exhausted; used up.
- in conformity with fashion, good taste, or propriety; acceptable:
It isn't done.
done
/ ʌ /
verb
- the past participle of do 1
- be done with or have done withto end relations with
- have doneto be completely finished
have you done?
- that's done it
- an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
- an exclamation when something is completed
interjection
- an expression of agreement, as on the settlement of a bargain between two parties
adjective
- completed; finished
- cooked enough
done to a turn
- used up
they had to surrender when the ammunition was done
- socially proper or acceptable
that isn't done in higher circles
- informal.cheated; tricked
- done for informal.
- dead or almost dead
- in serious difficulty
- done in or done up informal.physically exhausted
Usage Note
Other Word Forms
- -DzԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of done1
Idioms and Phrases
- be / have done with, to break off relations or connections with; stop.
- done for, Informal.
- tired; exhausted.
- deprived of one's means, position, etc.
- dead or close to death.
- done in, Informal. very tired; exhausted:
He was really done in after a close race.
More idioms and phrases containing done
- easier said than done
- good as done
- have done (with)
- no sooner said (than done)
- not done
- over and done with
- seen one, seen them all (been there, done that)
- what's done is done
- when all's said and done
- do
Example Sentences
"It's that unpredictability that has done a lot of damage in the world in the last couple of months."
And in the days after the lunch, she took a number of steps to "conceal" what she had done, the prosecution alleged.
It was also the third consecutive come-from-behind win for the Oilers, the first time they’ve done that in the franchise’s playoff history.
But the damage to house prices and, in turn, consumer confidence in China, has been done and analysts have projected a 2.5% decline in home prices this year, according to a Reuters poll in February.
At some point, it looked like the deal was pretty much done - but then came the Covid-19 pandemic and suddenly it fell through.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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