done
Part of speech: adj
verb
intj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 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.
Base: do
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: more done
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most done
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dyun
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Northumbria
form: dyun
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Northumbria
form: dyun
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Northumbria
Senses:
gloss: Having completed or finished an activity.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Completed or finished.
pos: adj
examples: I'll text you when the movie's done.
gloss: Ready, fully cooked.
pos: adj
examples: As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
gloss: Being exhausted, used up, or fully spent.
pos: adj
examples: When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
gloss: Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
pos: adj
examples: He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
gloss: Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
pos: adj
examples: 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!
gloss: Finished with (something).
pos: adj
tags: Canada
Philadelphia
Scotland
predicative
examples: I'm done my homework.
gloss: Punished.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: I can say what I like now because I am mental and I can't get done for it.
Normally, when you pass a law in New Zealand, you can't be done for it if you broke the law in the past.
gloss: Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
pos: verb
tags: Cockney
Southern-US
auxiliary
examples: I woke up and found out she done left.
I done made some real bad choices with my life
On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did
gloss: Expresses that a task has been completed.
pos: intj
gloss: Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
pos: intj
examples: 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.
Derived words: 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
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