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undergoing

undergoing is the present participle and gerund of undergo.

Meaning of undergo

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.
  2. (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.
    • The victim underwent great trauma.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To go or move under or beneath.

Questions about undergoing

What is undergoing the present participle and gerund of?
Undergoing is the present participle and gerund of undergo.

Words near undergoing in the dictionary

  1. undergoer
  2. undergoers
  3. undergoes
  4. undergoest
  5. undergoeth
  6. undergoing
  7. undergone
  8. undergot
  9. undergotten
  10. undergoverned
  11. undergoverness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undergoing (page history and authors); undergo (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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