done

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Etymology 1

From Middle English don, idon, 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. 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʌn/, (regional pronunciations) ,
• (US) enPR: dŭn, IPA^(key): /dʌn/

• Audio (CA)

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophones: dun, Donn, Donne, Dunn, Dunne

Adjective

done (comparative more done, superlative most done)

1. Having completed or finished an activity.

   He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."

   They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.

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

   I'll text you when the movie's done.

3. (of food) Ready, fully cooked.

   As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.

4. Being exhausted or fully spent.

   When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.

5. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

   He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.

6. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

   I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!

   What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!

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

   I have done my work.

2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of do; did.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Be Still... and Know That I Am God: Devotions for Every Day of the Year

     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.

   I woke up and found out she done left.

   • 2020, Moneybagg Yo (lyrics and music), “Thug Cry”:

     I done made some real bad choices with my life

   • 2022, Nas (lyrics and music), “Legit”, in King's Disease III:

     On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did

4. (obsolete) plural simple present of do
   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:

     The while their Foes done each of hem scorn.

   • 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie:

     O you Caelestiall ever-living fires,
     That done inflame our hearts with high desires;

   • 1647, Henry More, The Praeexistency of the Soul:

     The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told,
     As done the learned Hebrew Doctours write,

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.
   • 1994, René Echevarria, “Firstborn”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 21, Jonathan Frakes and Joel Swetow (actors):

     Riker: Would you be interested in selling me the ore you're carrying? / Yog: No. I have a buyer. / Riker: You haven't heard my offer. Half a gram of Anjoran biomimetic gel. / Yog: Done.

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

Alternative forms

• 'done

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəʊn/

Noun

done (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of methadone.

   on the done

Etymology 3

Noun

done (plural dones)

1. Alternative form of dhoni

Anagrams

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

Basque

Etymology

From a Romance development of Latin domine.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /done/
• Rhymes: -one
• 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 , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “done” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• 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
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Launcelot and Guinevere]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 446, verso, lines 1–6:

     Than cam In ẜ Aſcamour and ẜ Grūmor ⁊ Grūmorſon ẜ Croſſeleme ẜ Seuerauſe le brewſe that was called a paſſynge ſtronge knyght for as the booke ſeyth the chyff lady of the lady off the lake feſted ẜ Launcelot and ẜ Seu[er]auſe le brewſe And whan ſhe had feſted them both at ſundry tymes ſhe þ[ra]yde hem to gyff her a done

     Then came in Sir Astamor, and Sir Gromere, Grummor’s son, Sir Crosselm, Sir Servause le Breuse, that was called a passing strong knight, for as the book saith, the chief Lady of the Lake feasted Sir Launcelot and Servause le Breuse, and when she had feasted them both at sundry times she prayed them to give her a boon.

Etymology 2

Noun

done

1. Alternative form of dynne

Spanish

Verb

done

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

Venetian

Noun

done

1. plural of dona