done
pronunciation
How to pronounce done in British English:
UK [dʌn]
How to pronounce done in American English:
US [dʌn]
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- Adjective:
- having finished or arrived at completion
- cooked until ready to serve
Word Origin
- done
- past participle of do (v.); from Old English past participle gedon (a vestige of the prefix is in ado). U.S. Southern use of done in phrases like "he done gone to the store" is attested from 1827, according to OED: "a perfective auxiliary or with adverbial force in the sense 'already; completely.' " Meaning "finished" is early 15c. Slang done for "doomed" is from 1842.
Example
- 1. So what can be done ?
- 2. So what should be done ?
- 3. Much remains to be done .
- 4. Little can be done now .
- 5. Rabin had done the reverse .