underwent
Syllables: un·der·went/ˌʌn.dəˈwɛnt//ˌʌn.dɚˈwɛnt/
underwent is the simple past of undergo.
Meaning of undergo
Verb
undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)
- To experience; to pass through a phase.
- The project is undergoing great changes.
- To suffer or endure; bear with.
- The victim underwent great trauma.
- To go or move under or beneath.
Words that rhyme with underwent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
Questions about underwent
- What is underwent the simple past of?
- Underwent is the simple past of undergo.
- How do you pronounce underwent?
- Underwent is pronounced /ˌʌn.dəˈwɛnt/ (UK).
Words near underwent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwent (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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