done
UK/dʌn/
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Ireland/dʊn/
done adjective: having completed or finished an activity. Also the past participle of do.
Adjective
done (comparative more done, superlative most done)
- Having completed or finished an activity.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."
- They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
- Completed or finished.
- I'll text you when the movie's done.
- Ready, fully cooked.
- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
- Being exhausted, used up, or fully spent.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
- Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
- He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
- Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
- I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!
- What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
- Finished with (something).
- I'm done my homework.
- Punished.
- 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
- Normally, when you pass a law in New Zealand, you can't be done for it if you broke the law in the past.2021, Brooke van Velden, comments in the New Zealand Parliament regarding the COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill
Verb
done
- Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
- I woke up and found out she done left.
- I done made some real bad choices with my life2020, Moneybagg Yo, “Thug Cry”
Interjection
done
- Expresses that a task has been completed.
- Synonyms:
- all done, finished, there, voilà, agreed, done and done, you have a deal
- Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
- 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)
Proper noun capitalized: Done
Done (plural Dones)
- A surname.
Also used as
done is also the past participle of do.
done is also the simple past of do.
done is also the plural simple present of do.
done is also the clipping of methadone.
done is also the alternative form of dhoni.
done meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese
done in Indonesian
- (of food) ready, fully cooked
- matang
done in Vietnamese
- In a state of having completed or finished an activity
- xong, hết
- (of food) ready, fully cooked
- chín
- being exhausted or fully spent
- hết
- without hope or prospect of completion or success
- thất bại
Examples of done in a sentence
- I need to get my planting done, as the season will soon be on us.
- I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
- The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
Synonyms of done
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Forms of done
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more done |
| superlative | most done |
| alternative Northumbria | dyun |
| Noun | |
| alternative form | 'done |
| plural | dones |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dones |
Origin of done
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.
From Middle English don; equivalent to do + -en (plural simple present ending).
Words formed from done
- 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
- be done with it
- consider it done
- done and dusted
- done brown
- done deal
- done dotta
- done for
- done gone
- done like a dinner
- 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
- half-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
Phrases with done
- done by
- done in
- done it
- done did
- done ill
- done off
- done out
- done bird
- done bits
- done down
- done good
- done over
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- done time
- done well
- done deals
- done drugs
- done lunch
- done a bunk
- done a flit
- done battle
- done credit
- done out of
- done things
- done a Melba
- done a never
- done justice
- done nothing
- done numbers
- done or died
- done the job
- done without
- done wonders
- got 'er done
- is done with
- one and done
- done a listen
- done a perish
- done a runner
- done and done
- done business
- done it brown
- done it tough
- done porridge
- done right by
- done the dash
- done the deed
- done the math
- done to death
- gets 'er done
- got work done
- had done with
- has done with
- was done with
- been done with
- done and doner
- done away with
- done by halves
- done one's bit
- done one's job
- done the Dutch
- done the honor
- done the nasty
- done the trick
- gets work done
- being done with
- done a Bradbury
- done cartwheels
- done gooseberry
- done one's duty
- done one's ease
- done one's part
- done one's sums
- done the dishes
- done the honors
- done the honour
- done the rounds
- gotten 'er done
- done a number on
- done a slow burn
- done it up brown
- done one's stuff
- done one's thing
- done one's worst
- done the nasties
- done the needful
- done the talking
- done unto others
- done violence to
- getting 'er done
- got the job done
- gotten work done
- having done with
- done one's utmost
- done the dirty on
- done tricks on it
- done with mirrors
- gets the job done
- getting work done
- done a lot of work
- done cheetah flips
- done someone brown
- done someone proud
- done a bit of stiff
- done one's business
- done one's easement
- done one's homework
- done one's own time
- done somebody wrong
- done the impossible
- done the washing up
- done the washing-up
- either done or died
- gotten the job done
- could have done with
- done a power of good
- done one's damnedest
- done one's darnedest
- done one's own thing
- done the right thing
- getting the job done
- been there, done that
- done a moonlight flit
- done by half-measures
- done the decent thing
- done well for oneself
- done a little trolling
- done someone like that
- done someone's bidding
- done someone's head in
- done the power of good
- done oneself a mischief
- done someone a frighten
- done someone one better
- done someone's business
- done the handsome thing
- done well by doing good
- done more harm than good
- done someone's heart good
- done a land-office business
- stick a fork in me, I'm done
- what's done cannot be undone
- done a little bit of trolling
- when everything is said and done
- done exactly what it said on the tin
- been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
- who are you and what have you done with someone
- those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it
Words that rhyme with done
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- stun
- nun
- shun
- 'un
- Gunn
- jump the gun
- none
- outrun
- overdone
- begun
- dun
- fun
- hon
- pun
- speedrun
- thon
- undone
- unspun
- verdun
- winter sun
- 1
- 101
- 26+6=1
- cun
- dun dun dun
- everyone
- hard-won
- have one's mind about one
- hot cross bun
- marble run
- misdone
- mun
- Munn
- old one
- one hundred and one
- one thousand and one
- organ gun
- outdone
- outgun
- over and done
- quaker gun
- redone
- respun
- rewon
- snatch and run
- spun
- steam gun
- temperature gun
Questions about done
- What does done mean?
- Done means having completed or finished an activity.
- What is done in Indonesian?
- Done in Indonesian is matang. See Done meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is done?
- Done can be an adjective, a verb, an interjection or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce done?
- Done is pronounced /dʌn/ (UK).
Words near done in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: done (page history and authors); Done (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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