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done definition

done (dun)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

do

adjective

  1. completed; ended
  2. sufficiently cooked
  3. socially acceptable because acceptable to arbiters of good taste: usually in a negative construction it just isn't done
done Idioms

done (for)

Informal
  1. dead, ruined, etc.
  2. discarded or dismissed as a failure

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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done Synonyms

done

modif.

  1. 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.

  2. Cooked

    ready, prepared, well-done, well-cooked, hot, baked, stewed, broiled, boiled, crisped, crusted, fried, browned, done to a turn; see also baked.

    Antonyms raw*, burned*, uncooked.

  3. Agreed upon

    agreed, settled, socially acceptable; see approved, determined 1.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

done Usage Examples

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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done quotes

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.

-Bible (Old Testament)

Done because we are too menny.

-Hardy,Thomas

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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