done

See also:Done,doné,anddoně

English

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishdon,idon,ȝedon,gedon,fromOld Englishdōn,ġedōn,fromProto-West Germanic*dān,fromProto-Germanic*dēnaz(past participle of*dōną(“to do”)). Equivalent todo+‎-en(past participle ending).Cognate withScotsdune,deen,dene,dane(“done”),Saterland Frisiandäin(“done”),West Frisiandien(“done”),Dutchgedaan(“done”),German Low Germandaan(“done”),Germangetan(“done”).More atdo.

Pronunciation

• (US,Received Pronunciation)enPR:dŭn,IPA^(key):/dʌn/
• (Northern England,Ireland)IPA^(key):/dʊn/

• Audio(Canada):

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

Adjective

done(comparativemoredone,superlativemostdone)

1. Havingcompletedorfinishedan activity.

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

   They weredoneplaying 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'sdone.

3. (of food)Ready,fullycooked.

   As soon as the potatoes aredonewe can sit down and eat.

4. Beingexhaustedor fullyspent.

   When the water isdonewe will only be able to go on for a few days.

5. Withouthopeorprospectofcompletionorsuccess.

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

6. Fashionable,sociallyacceptable,tasteful.

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

   What is thedonething these days? I can't keep up!

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• after all is said and done
• and be done with it
• and have done with it
• a woman's work is never done
• bedone
• be done for
• be done with it
• consider it done
• done and dusted
• done brown
• done deal
• done dotta
• done for
• done gone
• doneness
• doner
• donesies
• done thing
• done up
• done up like a dog's dinner
• done up like a kipper
• easier said than done
• fordone
• get done for
• get 'er done
• get the job done
• get work done
• hard done by
• have done
• have done with
• have work done
• no harm done
• no sooner said than done
• not done
• one-and-done
• over and done
• over and done with
• overdone
• predone
• said and done
• that's done it
• the damage is done
• underdone
• undone
• well begun is half done
• well done
• well-done
• what has someone done
• what's done is done
• when all is said and done

Translations

(of food) ready, fully cooked

• Bulgarian:сготвен(bg)(sgotven)
• Dutch:gaar(nl)
• Finnish:kypsä(fi),valmis(fi)
• French:fait(fr),prêt(fr),terminé(fr),cuit(fr)
• German:gar(de),fertig(de)
• Indonesian:matang(id)
• Latvian:gatavsm
• Plautdietsch:goa
• Portuguese:pronto(pt)
• Russian:гото́вый(ru)(gotóvyj)
• Scottish Gaelic:ullamh
• Spanish:listo(es),acabado(es)
• Vietnamese:chín(vi)
• Walloon:presse(wa)morf,cût(wa)m,cûtef

In a state of having completed or finished an activity

• Basque:kitto
• Bikol Central:iyo na(affirmative reply)
• Bulgarian:направен(bg)(napraven),извършен(bg)(izvǎršen)
• Danish:færdig
• Dutch:klaar(nl)
• Esperanto:farita
• Finnish:valmis(fi)
• French:fini(fr)m
• Galician:feito(gl)m,feitaf
• German:fertig(de)
• Greek:τελειωμένο(teleioméno)
• Italian:fatto(it)m
• Japanese:Tế んだ(ja)(sunda),Chung わった(ja)(owatta),- tế み(ja)(zumi)(suffix)
• Plautdietsch:foadich
• Portuguese:pronto(pt),feito(pt),terminado(pt),acabado(pt)
• Russian:готовый(ru)(gotovyj),завершённый(ru)(zaveršónnyj)
• Scots:duin,dane
• Scottish Gaelic:dèanta
• Spanish:terminado(es),hecho(es)
• Swedish:klar(sv),färdig(sv)
• Vietnamese:xong(vi),hết(vi)

being exhausted or fully spent

• Bulgarian:изтощен(bg)(iztošten)
• Dutch:op(nl)
• Finnish:loppu(fi),kulutettu(fi)
• French:mort(fr)
• Galician:rematadom,rematadaf,acabadom,acabadaf
• Portuguese:acabado(pt)
• Russian:истощённый(ru)(istoščónnyj)
• Scots:dane,daen
• Swedish:slut(sv)
• Vietnamese:hết(vi)
• Walloon:fini(wa)m,fineyef,spoujhî(wa)m,spoujheyef

without hope or prospect of completion or success

• Dutch:gedaan(nl)
• Finnish:tuhoontuomittu(literally“doomed”),pulassa(literally“in trouble”)
• Russian:конченый(ru)(končenyj)
• Spanish:acabado(es)
• Swedish:ute(sv),färdig(sv)
• Vietnamese:thất bại(vi)
• Walloon:fotou(wa)m,fotowe(wa)f

fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful

• Finnish:käydä(fi)(verb: to be acceptable),sopia(fi)(verb: to be acceptable),sopiva(fi);muotia(fi)(literally“fashionable, in”)
• Walloon:convnåbe(wa)morf,comifåt(wa)morf

Verb

done

1. pastparticipleofdo

   I havedonemy work.

2. (nonstandard,dialectal)simplepastofdo;did.
   • 1985December 14, Jack Leck, “Stick Together”, inGay Community News,volume13,number22,page 4:

     I knew Idonethe right thing and I'd do it all over again.

   • (Can wedatethis 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, "Idoneit for love. "

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

   I woke up and found out shedoneleft.

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

     Idonemade some real bad choices with my life

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

     On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit Idonedid

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”, inStar Trek: The Next Generation,season 7, episode21,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

expresses that a task has been completed

• French:fini(fr)
• Vietnamese:xongrồi

Etymology 2

FromMiddle Englishdon;equivalent todo+‎-en(plural simple present ending).

Verb

done

1. (obsolete)pluralsimplepresentofdo
   • 1579,Immeritô [pseudonym;Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, inThe Shepheardes Calender:[…],London:[…]Hugh Singleton,[…],→OCLC,folio 18, verso:

     The while their Foesdoneeache of hem ſcoꝛne.

   • 1606,N[athaniel] B[axter],Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie,London:[…]Ed. Allde, for Edward White,[…],→OCLC,signature D2, recto:

     O you Cæleſtiall euer-liuing fires,
     Thatdoneinflame our hearts with high deſires;[…]

   • 1647,Henry More,“[Philosophical Poems.] Antipsychopannychia or The Third Book of the Song of the Soul: Containing a Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death. The Præexistency of the Soul,[…].”,inAlexander B[alloch] Grosart,editor,The Complete Poems of Dr. Henry More (1614–1687)[…](Chertsey Worthies’ Library), [Edinburgh:[…]Edinburgh University Press;Thomas and Archibald Constable,[…]] for private circulation, published1878,→OCLC,stanza 63,page125,column 1:

     The soul ofNabothlies toAhabtold,
     Asdonethe learnèd Hebrew Doctours write,[…]

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• 'done

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dəʊn/

Noun

done(uncountable)

1. (slang)Clipping ofmethadone.

   on thedone

Etymology 4

Noun

done(pluraldones)

1. Alternative form ofdhoni

Anagrams

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

Basque

Etymology

From aRomancedevelopment ofLatindomine.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Adjective

done(not comparable)

1. holy,saint

   Synonym:santu

Declension

Declension ofdone(adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		done	donea	doneak
ergative		donek	doneak	doneek
dative		doneri	doneari	doneei
genitive		doneren	donearen	doneen
comitative		donerekin	donearekin	doneekin
causative		donerengatik	donearengatik	doneengatik
benefactive		donerentzat	donearentzat	doneentzat
instrumental		donez	doneaz	doneez
inessive	anim.	donerengan	donearengan	doneengan
	inanim.	donetan	donean	doneetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	donetako	doneko	doneetako
allative	anim.	donerengana	donearengana	doneengana
	inanim.	donetara	donera	doneetara
terminative	anim.	donerenganaino	donearenganaino	doneenganaino
	inanim.	donetaraino	doneraino	doneetaraino
directive	anim.	donerenganantz	donearenganantz	doneenganantz
	inanim.	donetarantz	donerantz	doneetarantz
destinative	anim.	donerenganako	donearenganako	doneenganako
	inanim.	donetarako	donerako	doneetarako
ablative	anim.	donerengandik	donearengandik	doneengandik
	inanim.	donetatik	donetik	doneetatik
partitive		donerik	—	—
prolative		donetzat	—	—

Noun

doneanim

1. saint

   Synonyms:santu,santa

Declension

Declension ofdone(animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	done	donea	doneak
ergative	donek	doneak	doneek
dative	doneri	doneari	doneei
genitive	doneren	donearen	doneen
comitative	donerekin	donearekin	doneekin
causative	donerengatik	donearengatik	doneengatik
benefactive	donerentzat	donearentzat	doneentzat
instrumental	donez	doneaz	doneez
inessive	donerengan	donearengan	doneengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	donerengana	donearengana	doneengana
terminative	donerenganaino	donearenganaino	doneenganaino
directive	donerenganantz	donearenganantz	doneenganantz
destinative	donerenganako	donearenganako	doneenganako
ablative	donerengandik	donearengandik	doneengandik
partitive	donerik	—	—
prolative	donetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• donetasun(“sainthood”)
• donetu(“to sanctify”)

Further reading

• “done”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia,Euskaltzaindia
• “done”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia,Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

done

1. vocativesingularofdon

Anagrams

• node,onde

Dogrib

Noun

done

1. person

Middle English

Etymology 1

FromOld Frenchdon.

Noun

done

1. (rare)gift,present
   • 1470–1483(date produced),Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e.,Thomas Malory], “[LauncelotandGuinevere]”, inLe Morte Darthur(British LibraryAdditional Manuscript 59678), [England:s.n.],folio 446, verso,lines1–6:

     Than cam In ẜAſcamourand ẜGrūmor ⁊ GrūmorſonẜCroſſelemeẜSeuerauſe le brewſethat was called a paſſynge ſtronge knyght for as the booke ſeyth the chyff lady of the lady off the lake feſted ẜLauncelotand ẜSeu[er]auſe le brewſeAnd whan ſhe had feſted them both at ſundry tymes ſhe þ[ra]yde hem to gyff her adone

     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 aboon.

Etymology 2

Noun

done

1. Alternative form ofdynne

Spanish

Verb

done

1. inflection ofdonar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Venetan

Noun

done

1. pluralofdona