Done Meaning
/dʌn/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving completed or finished an activity.
adjCompleted or finished.
Sentence Examples
Why are you sorry for something you haven't done?
I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you.
There is still an immense amount of work to be done.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After three hours of work, the project is finally ____ and ready to submit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Why are you sorry for something you haven't ____?
Word Origin & History
From Middle English don, idon, ydon, 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 (past participle ending). 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I can say what I like now because I am mental and I can't get done for it."
— 2012 May 1, Liam Houlihan, Return To The Badlands: Twelve Enthralling True Cases Of Crooks, Cults And Crackpots, Melbourne Univ. Publishing, →ISBN:
"I knew I done the right thing and I'd do it all over again."
— 1985 December 14, Jack Leck, “Stick Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 4:
"I done made some real bad choices with my life"
— 2020, Moneybagg Yo, “Thug Cry”:
"On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did"
— 2022, Nas, “Legit”, in King's Disease III:
"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."
— 1994, René Echevarria, “Firstborn”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 21, Jonathan Frakes and Joel Swetow (actors):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After three hours of work, the project is finally ____ and ready to submit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Why are you sorry for something you haven't ____?