Standard Lemma guide

done

adj · intj · name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /dʌn/
  • Received-Pronunciation, US: dŭn
  • Ireland, Northern-England: /dʊn/
  • Early, Modern: /dʊn/
  • Early, Modern, dialectal, rare: /duːn/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌn
  • homophone: dun
  • homophone: Donn
  • homophone: Donne
  • homophone: Dunn
  • homophone: Dunne
  • /dʌn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /dəʊn/
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having completed or finished an activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: finished, through

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Completed or finished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'll text you when the movie's done.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: completed, concluded, finished, in the books, complete, done, ended

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Ready, fully cooked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Being exhausted, used up, or fully spent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accursed, fey, undone, condemned, cursed, sunk, cussed, damned, dead meat, doomed, done, finished, ill-fated, lost, sentenced

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: a la mode, natty, trendy, a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, sassy, cool, dapper, done, elegant, fashionable, groovy, happening, hep, hip, in, in fashion, jaunty, modish, on fleek, on trend, pizazzy, spiffing, spiffy, styleworthy, stylish, smart, snazzy, tasteful, tippy, voguish, up-to-the-minute, with-it, zhoosh

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Finished with (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Philadelphia, Scotland, predicative

Examples

  • I'm done my homework.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Punished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chastised, done, punished

Antonyms: none provided

9

intj

Meaning 9

Expresses that a task has been completed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

intj

Meaning 10

Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

name

Meaning 11

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Clipping of methadone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • on the done

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Alternative form of dhoni.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

past participle of do

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • There's nothing to be done.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

simple past of do; did.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, past

Examples

  • Be Still... and Know That I Am God: Devotions for Every Day of the Year She opened it up to find a quarter and a note scrawled in childish letters that said, "I done it for love."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Cockney, Southern-US, auxiliary

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular; taking a past tense; African-American Vernacular; taking a past tense

Examples

  • I woke up and found out she done left.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

plural simple present of do

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, obsolete, plural, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adjective satellite

Meaning 18

cooked until ready to serve

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adjective satellite

Meaning 19

having finished or arrived at completion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • certain to make history before he's done
  • it's a done deed
  • after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up
  • almost through with his studies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: through, through with(p)

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

From Middle English don; equivalent to do + -en (plural simple present ending).

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: сготвен (sgotven) — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Dutch: gaar — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Finnish: kypsä — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Finnish: valmis — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • French: fait — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • French: prêt — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • French: terminé — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • French: cuit — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • German: gar — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • German: fertig — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Indonesian: matang — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Latvian: gatavs — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Plautdietsch: goa — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Portuguese: pronto — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Russian: гото́вый (gotóvyj) — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Scottish Gaelic: ullamh — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Spanish: listo — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Spanish: acabado — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Vietnamese: chín — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Walloon: presse — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Walloon: cût — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Walloon: cûte — (of food) ready, fully cooked
  • Basque: kitto — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Central Bikol: iyo na — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Bulgarian: направен (napraven) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Bulgarian: извършен (izvǎršen) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Danish: færdig — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Dutch: klaar — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Esperanto: farita — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Finnish: valmis — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • French: fini — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Galician: feito — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Galician: feita — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • German: fertig — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Greek: τελειωμένο (teleioméno) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Italian: fatto — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Japanese: 済んだ (sunda) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Japanese: 終わった (owatta) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Japanese: -済み (zumi) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Plautdietsch: foadich — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Portuguese: pronto — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Portuguese: feito — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Portuguese: terminado — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Portuguese: acabado — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Russian: готовый (gotovyj) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Russian: завершённый (zaveršónnyj) — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Scots: duin — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Scots: dane — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèanta — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Spanish: terminado — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Spanish: hecho — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Swedish: klar — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Swedish: färdig — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Vietnamese: xong — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Vietnamese: hết — In a state of having completed or finished an activity
  • Bulgarian: изтощен (iztošten) — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Dutch: op — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Finnish: loppu — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Finnish: kulutettu — being exhausted or fully spent
  • French: mort — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Galician: rematado — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Galician: rematada — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Galician: acabado — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Galician: acabada — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Portuguese: acabado — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Russian: истощённый (istoščónnyj) — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Scots: dane — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Scots: daen — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Swedish: slut — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Vietnamese: hết — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Walloon: fini — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Walloon: fineye — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Walloon: spoujhî — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Walloon: spoujheye — being exhausted or fully spent
  • Dutch: gedaan — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Finnish: tuhoon tuomittu — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Finnish: pulassa — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Russian: конченый (končenyj) — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Spanish: acabado — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Swedish: ute — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Swedish: färdig — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Vietnamese: thất bại — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Walloon: fotou — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Walloon: fotowe — without hope or prospect of completion or success
  • Finnish: to be acceptable — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • Finnish: käydä — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • Finnish: sopia — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • Finnish: sopiva — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • Finnish: muotia — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • Walloon: convnåbe — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • Walloon: comifåt — fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
  • French: fini — expresses that a task has been completed
  • Russian: готово (gotovo) — expresses that a task has been completed
  • Spanish: hecho — expresses that a task has been completed
  • Vietnamese: xong rồi — expresses that a task has been completed