done

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English

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.

Pronunciation

• (US, Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŭn, IPA^(key): /dʌn/
• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /dʊn/
• (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /dʊn/, (rare or dialectal) /duːn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophones: dun, Donn, Donne, Dunn, Dunne

Adjective

done (comparative more done, superlative most done)

1. Having completed or finished an activity.

2. (of an activity or task) Completed or finished.

3. (of food) Ready, fully cooked.

4. Being exhausted or fully spent.

5. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

6. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

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

Synonyms

• (ready, fully cooked):
• (finished an activity): completed, concluded, finished, in the books
• (being exhausted): See also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (without hope of completion): See also Thesaurus:doomed
• (fashionable): See also Thesaurus:fashionable

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

done

1. past participle of do

2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of do; did.
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     She opened it up to find a quarter and a note scrawled in childish letters that said, "I done it for love."

3. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.

Interjection

done

1. Expresses that a task has been completed.
2. Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.

Synonyms

• (on finishing a task): all done, finished, there, voilà
• (on agreeing to a deal): agreed, done and done, you have a deal

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Verb

done

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of do

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• 'done

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəʊn/

Noun

done (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of methadone.

   on the done

Etymology 4

Noun

done (plural dones)

1. Alternative form of dhoni

References

Anagrams

• Deno, Deon, Endo, NODE, endo, endo-, node, oden, onde, oned

Basque

Etymology

From a Romance development of Latin domine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /done/ [d̪o.ne]
• Rhymes: -one, -e
• Hyphenation: do‧ne

Adjective

done (not comparable)

1. holy, saint

   Synonym: santu

Declension

Noun

done anim

1. saint

   Synonyms: santu, santa

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “done”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “done”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdonɛ]
• Rhymes: -onɛ
• Hyphenation: do‧ne

Noun

done

1. vocative singular of don

Anagrams

• node, onde

Dogrib

Noun

done

1. person

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French don.

Noun

done

1. (rare) gift, present

Etymology 2

Noun

done

1. (West Midlands) Alternative form of dyne

Spanish

Verb

done

1. inflection of donar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Venetan

Noun

done

1. plural of dona