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well-done

well-done is the alternative form of well done.

Meaning of well done

Adjective

well done (comparative more well done, superlative most well done)

  1. (idiomatic) Performed well.
    • It was a job well done.
  2. Well-cooked.
    1. (specifically) Cooked through to the center.
      • She liked her steaks well done.

See all 4 meanings of well done

Forms of well-done

comparativemore well-done
superlativemost well-done

Questions about well-done

What is well-done the alternative form of?
Well-done is the alternative form of well done.

Words near well-done in the dictionary

  1. well-developed
  2. well-disposed
  3. well-disposedness
  4. well-documented
  5. well-doing
  6. well-done
  7. well-dressed
  8. well-earned
  9. well-educated
  10. well-endowed
  11. well-equipped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: well-done (page history and authors); well 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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