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English
Etymology
From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).
Pronunciation
Verb
undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)
- (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
- Synonyms: go through, take, undercome
The project is undergoing great changes.
2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, pages 47–48:Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
- (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.
- Synonyms: brook, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
The victim underwent great trauma.
She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
- (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
Translations
to experience
- Bulgarian: изпитвам (bg) (izpitvam), претърпявам (bg) (pretǎrpjavam)
- Catalan: experimentar (ca), patir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 經歷/经历 (zh) (jīnglì), 接受 (zh) (jiēshòu), 進行/进行 (zh) (jìnxíng)
- Danish: gennomgå
- Dutch: ondergaan (nl)
- Finnish: läpikäydä (fi)
- French: subir (fr)
- Galician: experimentar (gl)
- Georgian: განცდა (gancda), გადატანა (gadaṭana)
- German: durchmachen (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: πάσχω (páskhō)
- Hungarian: megtapasztal (hu)
- Latin: patior (la), subeō
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gjennomgå
- Nynorsk: gjennomgå
- Polish: przechodzić (pl) impf, przejść (pl) pf, doświadczać (pl) impf, doświadczyć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: passar por, experienciar (pt)
- Russian: проходи́ть (ru) (proxodítʹ), подверга́ться (ru) (podvergátʹsja)
- Spanish: experimentar (es)
- Swedish: genomgå (sv)
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to suffer or endure
- Azerbaijani: məruz qalmaq
- Bulgarian: понасям (bg) (ponasjam)
- Catalan: suportar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:承受 (zh) (chénshòu),忍受 (zh) (rěnshòu), 經受/经受 (zh) (jīngshòu), 遭受 (zh) (zāoshòu), 接受 (zh) (jiēshòu)
- Czech: podstoupit (cs)
- Danish: gennomgå
- Dutch: ondergaan (nl)
- French: subir (fr)
- Galician: sufrir (gl)
- Greek:
- Ancient: πάσχω (páskhō)
- Haitian Creole: sibi
- Hungarian: elvisel (hu)
- Ido: subisar (io)
- Italian: soffrire (it), sottoporsi (it)
- Latin: patior (la), subeo
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: undergaon
- German Low German: ündergahn, ünnergahn
- Maori: ngahi (refers to punishment)
- Mongolian: үзэх (mn) (üzex)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gjennomgå
- Nynorsk: gjennomgå
- Old English: drēogan
- Portuguese: sofrer (pt)
- Russian: испы́тывать (ru) (ispýtyvatʹ), переноси́ть (ru) (perenosítʹ)
- Spanish: sufrir (es), soportar (es), padecer (es)
- Swedish: genomgå (sv), gå igenom (sv), undergå (sv)
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