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done (dun)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
adjective
- completed; ended
- sufficiently cooked
- socially acceptable because acceptable to arbiters of good taste: usually in a negative construction it just isn't done
done (for)
Informal- dead, ruined, etc.
- discarded or dismissed as a failure
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
done
modif.
Accomplished
over, through, finished, completed, realized, consummated, effected, executed, wrought, performed, rendered, compassed, fulfilled, brought to pass, brought about, actualized, perfected, over and out*; see also finished 1.Antonyms
unfinished*, unrealized, failed. Cooked
ready, prepared, well-done, well-cooked, hot, baked, stewed, broiled, boiled, crisped, crusted, fried, browned, done to a turn; see also baked.Agreed upon
agreed, settled, socially acceptable; see approved, determined 1.
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Modifies a noun
- kebab: You haven't had a dodgy doner kebab, have you?
Modifying Another Word
- actually: He gives enough technical detail to convince me he knows what he is talking about and has actually DONE IT himself.
Used with adjective complement
- have: He gives enough technical detail to convince me he knows what he is talking about and has actually DONE IT himself.
Preposition: if
- boundary: Returns: The character index of the next text boundary or DONE if all boundaries have been returned.
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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Done because we are too menny.
Non enim rei effectus, sed efficientis affectus in crimine est. Nec qu× fiunt, sed quo animo fiunt, ×quitus pensat. Crime liesnot inthe deed, but inthe doer'sintention: it is not what was done, but the spirit in which it was done that justice should consider.
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