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Definition of 'done'English
Adjective
( en-adj)
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
- 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.
Being exhausted or fully spent.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
- He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
- 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!
Derived terms
* be done for
* be done with it
* done deal
* get done for
* overdone
* well done
Verb
( head)
- I have ''done'' my work.
(African American Vernacular English|Southern American English|auxiliary verb|taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
- I done did my best to raise y'all.
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