Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having been carried out or accomplished; finished.
- adjective Cooked adequately.
- adjective Socially acceptable.
- adjective Informal Totally worn out; exhausted.
- idiom (be done) To have finished something.
- idiom (done for) Doomed to death or destruction.
- idiom Informal (done in) Totally worn out; exhausted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- As an auxiliary, used to express completed action: originally causal after
have or had, followed by an object infinitive; in present use the have or had is often omitted and the infinitive turned into a preterit, leaving done as a mere preterit sign. - Completed; finished; decided; accepted: used in an exclamatory way to signify acceptance of a proposition, as a wager.
- Completely used up; thoroughly fatigued; tired out: sometimes with out or up (or with for: see
to do for , under do, verb). - Completed; executed; issued; made public: used chiefly in the concluding clause of a formal document, expressing the place at which and the date on which it received official sanction and became valid: as, done at Washington this 15th day of May, etc.
- An obsolete form of the infinitive (and present indicative plural) of do.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.
- Performed; executed; finished.
- It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically.
- [Colloq.] a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.
- [Colloq.] tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed.
- [Colloq.] Worn out; exhausted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of food
Ready , fullycooked . - adjective In a state of having
completed orfinished an activity. - adjective Being
exhausted or fullyspent . - adjective Without
hope orprospect ofcompletion orsuccess . - adjective
Fashionable ,socially acceptable,tasteful . - verb Past participle of
do - verb African American Vernacular Used in forming the perfective aspect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having finished or arrived at completion
- adjective cooked until ready to serve
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Examples
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Do so yourself; go right up to your neighbor without fear, and in love tell him to do the same, having this assurance on your mind continually, _that what ought to be done, can be done_.
Select Temperance Tracts American Tract Society
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What are the deeds done in my body? the deeds which _I have done_.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 Various
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This was _to be done to have been done_ yesterday.
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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Book, the clause, '_We have left undone those things which we ought to have done_,' precedes the clause, '_And we have done those things which we ought not to have done.
A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Frank Boreham 1915
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If you know anything about military nursing, you know a good deal of our work has been done in the face of danger; _but it's always been done_. '
The Convert Elizabeth Robins 1907
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As for you, you've done an abominable thing, Elizabeth; but it's _done_!
The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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I had done my beloved Mary; [54] but once more, _God's will be done_.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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_You have done this, _ says one judge; _done that, _ says another;
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Surely we shall do less wrong and injustice, if the conviction is fixed and embedded in our souls that everything done is done irrevocably, that even the Omnipotence of God cannot _uncommit_ a deed, cannot make that _undone_ which has _been done_; that every act of ours _must_ bear its allotted fruit, according to the everlasting laws, -- must remain forever ineffaceably inscribed on the tablets of Universal Nature.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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Nothing more could be done than wait until the meat should be _done_.
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
gerwitz commented on the word done
I abhor the common use of done to mean finished.
July 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word done
I agree. I'm done with it. ;-)
July 31, 2007
slumry commented on the word done
Alas, I have offended. I am undone!
August 1, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word done
Well, there are fifty-two other definitions to choose from!
August 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word done
Ha! Good point!
August 2, 2007
DiamondJuneau commented on the word done
I also agree..although i realize i am 5 years late on this topic. Haha!
April 3, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word done
Well done.
April 3, 2012