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done verb [ dʌn ]

• past participle of do1.

done adjective

• (of food) cooked thoroughly.
• "the turkey will be done to a turn"
Similar: cooked, ready, cooked through, tender, crisp, browned,
Opposite: underdone, raw,
• no longer happening or existing.
• "her hunting days were done"
Similar: over, at an end, finished, ended, concluded, terminated, no more, extinct, dead, run, gone, dead and gone, dead and buried, forgotten, over and done with, a thing of the past, in the past, ancient history,
Opposite: ongoing, to come,
• socially acceptable.
• "therapy was not the done thing then"
Similar: proper, seemly, decorous, decent, respectable, right, correct, in order, suitable, fit, fitting, befitting, appropriate, apt, conventional, approved, accepted, acceptable, standard, usual, customary, traditional, orthodox, the done thing, comme il faut, OK,

done exclamation

• used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer.
• "‘I'll give ten to one he misses by a mile!’ called Reilly. ‘Done!’, said the conductor"
Similar: agreed, settled, all right, very well, that's a bargain, accepted, right, you're on, OK, okay, oke, okey-dokey, okey-doke, righto, righty-ho,

do verb

• perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).
• "very little work has been done in this field"
Similar: carry out, undertake, discharge, execute, perpetrate, perform, accomplish, implement, achieve, complete, finish, conclude, bring about, engineer, effect, realize, pull off, effectuate,
• achieve or complete.
• "I never really got the chance to finish school or do my exams"
• act or behave in a specified way.
• "they are free to do as they please"
Similar: act, behave, conduct oneself, acquit oneself, comport oneself, deport oneself,
• be suitable or acceptable.
• "if he's anything like you, he'll do"
Similar: suffice, be adequate, be satisfactory, be acceptable, be good enough, be of use, fill the bill, fit the bill, answer the purpose, serve the purpose, meet one's needs, pass muster, be enough, be sufficient, make the grade, cut the mustard, be up to snuff,
• beat up or kill.
• "one day I'll do him"
Origin: Old English dōn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doen and German tun, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tithēmi ‘I place’ and Latin facere ‘make, do’.

done in

• extremely tired.
• "you look done in"
Similar: worn out, exhausted, fatigued, tired, tired out, weary, wearied, strained, drained, worn, sapped, spent, washed out, on one's last legs, worn to a frazzle, done, all in, dog-tired, dead on one's feet, dead beat, fit to drop, played out, fagged out, shattered, bushed, knackered, whacked, pooped, tuckered out,
Opposite: fresh,

a done deal

• an agreement that has been finalized.
"although a few details still had to be worked out, the settlement was a done deal"

done for

• in a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out.
"if the guard sees us, we're done for"

done in

• extremely tired.
"you look done in"



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