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undergo

Syllables: un·der·go/ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/US/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/

undergo verb: to experience; to pass through a phase.

Verb

undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)

  1. (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
    • The project is undergoing great changes.
    • Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48
  2. (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.
    • The victim underwent great trauma.
    • She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To go or move under or beneath.

undergo meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

undergo in Tamil

உட்படு

undergo in Urdu

بھگتنا, گزارنا, جھیلنا, کاٹنا, لینا, پانا

undergo in Bengali

ভোগ করা, অনুভব করা

undergo in Malayalam

സങ്കടം, സഹിക്കുക, അനുഭവിക്കുക
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undergo in Kannada
ಅನುಭವಿಸು, ಈಡಾಗು, ಒಳಗಾಗು, ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊ
undergo in Sanskrit
धारयति dhāráyati, आप् āp, आप्नोति āpnóti, वहति váhati

Examples of undergo in a sentence

  • The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
  • Her writing has undergone a transformation; her newer works differ from the older ones in spirit.
  • Cream does not separate from milk that has undergone a homogenization process.

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Synonyms of undergo

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Forms of undergo

third-person singular presentundergoes
present participleundergoing
pastunderwent
past participleundergone

Past tense of undergo: underwent

Origin of undergo

From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

Words formed from undergo

Words that rhyme with undergo

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Questions about undergo

What does undergo mean?
Undergo means to experience; to pass through a phase.
What is undergo in Tamil?
Undergo in Tamil is உட்படு. See Undergo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is undergo?
Undergo is a verb.
How do you pronounce undergo?
Undergo is pronounced /ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/ (US).
What is the past tense of undergo?
The past tense of undergo is underwent.

Words near undergo in the dictionary

  1. underglows
  2. underglycanated
  3. underglycolysation
  4. underglycosylated
  5. underglycosylation
  6. undergo
  7. undergod
  8. undergods
  9. undergoe
  10. undergoed
  11. undergoer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: undergo (page history and authors); undergo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undergo (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undergo (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undergo (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undergo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आप् (Sanskrit) (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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