noun
Meaning 1
The act of loosening or unfastening
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
undoing
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈduːɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.
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noun
Meaning 3
Annulment; reversal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of undo
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 5
loosening the ties that fasten something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: untying, unfastening
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: loosening, laxation
noun
Meaning 6
an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: about-face, volte-face, reversal, policy change
History
Etymology
From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing.
From Middle English undoynge, undoand, from Old English undōnde (“undoing”), from Proto-Germanic *andadōndz, present participle of *andadōną (“to undo”). Cognate with Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: undergang — that which defeats
- Dutch: ondergang — that which defeats
- Finnish: tappio — that which defeats
- Finnish: kohtalo — that which defeats
- Finnish: tuho — that which defeats
- French: perte — that which defeats
- German: Verhängnis — that which defeats
- German: Verderben — that which defeats
- German: Ruin — that which defeats
- Hungarian: veszte — that which defeats
- Icelandic: banabiti — that which defeats
- Norwegian: undergang — that which defeats
- Polish: klęska — that which defeats
- Polish: ruina — that which defeats
- Polish: zagłada — that which defeats
- Polish: zguba — that which defeats
- Russian: ги́бель (gíbelʹ) — that which defeats
- Spanish: deshacimiento — that which defeats
- Swedish: fördärv — that which defeats
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