done

See also: Done, doné, and doně

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English don, idon, 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.

Pronunciation

• (US, Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŭn, IPA^(key): /dʌn/
• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /dʊn/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophones: dun, Donn, Donne, Dunn, Dunne

Adjective

done (comparative more done, superlative most done)

1. 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.

2. (of an activity or task) Completed or finished.

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

3. (of food) Ready, fully cooked.

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

4. Being exhausted or fully spent.

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

5. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

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

6. 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!

Synonyms

• (ready, fully cooked):
• (finished an activity): completed, concluded, finished, in the books
• (being exhausted): See also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (without hope of completion): See also Thesaurus:doomed
• (fashionable): See also Thesaurus:fashionable

Derived terms

• 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 it
• consider it done
• done and dusted
• done brown
• done deal
• done dotta
• done for
• done gone
• 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
• 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

 

Translations

(of food) ready, fully cooked

• Bulgarian: сготвен (bg) (sgotven)
• Dutch: gaar (nl)
• Finnish: kypsä (fi), valmis (fi)
• French: fait (fr), prêt (fr), terminé (fr), cuit (fr)
• German: gar (de), fertig (de)
• Indonesian: matang (id)
• Latvian: gatavs m
• Plautdietsch: goa
• Portuguese: pronto (pt)
• Russian: гото́вый (ru) (gotóvyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ullamh
• Spanish: listo (es), acabado (es)
• Vietnamese: chín (vi)
• Walloon: presse (wa) m or f, cût (wa) m, cûte f

In a state of having completed or finished an activity

• Basque: kitto
• Bikol Central: iyo na (affirmative reply)
• Bulgarian: направен (bg) (napraven), извършен (bg) (izvǎršen)
• Danish: færdig
• Dutch: klaar (nl)
• Esperanto: farita
• Finnish: valmis (fi)
• French: fini (fr) m
• Galician: feito (gl) m, feita f
• German: fertig (de)
• Greek: τελειωμένο (teleioméno)
• Italian: fatto (it) m
• Japanese: 済んだ (ja) (sunda), 終わった (ja) (owatta), -済み (ja) (zumi) (suffix)
• Plautdietsch: foadich
• Portuguese: pronto (pt), feito (pt), terminado (pt), acabado (pt)
• Russian: готовый (ru) (gotovyj), завершённый (ru) (zaveršónnyj)
• Scots: duin, dane
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanta
• Spanish: terminado (es), hecho (es)
• Swedish: klar (sv), färdig (sv)
• Vietnamese: xong (vi), hết (vi)

being exhausted or fully spent

• Bulgarian: изтощен (bg) (iztošten)
• Dutch: op (nl)
• Finnish: loppu (fi), kulutettu (fi)
• French: mort (fr)
• Galician: rematado m, rematada f, acabado m, acabada f
• Portuguese: acabado (pt)
• Russian: истощённый (ru) (istoščónnyj)
• Scots: dane, daen
• Swedish: slut (sv)
• Vietnamese: hết (vi)
• Walloon: fini (wa) m, fineye f, spoujhî (wa) m, spoujheye f

without hope or prospect of completion or success

• Dutch: gedaan (nl)
• Finnish: tuhoon tuomittu (literally “doomed”), pulassa (literally “in trouble”)
• Russian: конченый (ru) (končenyj)
• Spanish: acabado (es)
• Swedish: ute (sv), färdig (sv)
• Vietnamese: thất bại (vi)
• Walloon: fotou (wa) m, fotowe (wa) f

fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful

• Finnish: käydä (fi) (verb: to be acceptable), sopia (fi) (verb: to be acceptable), sopiva (fi); muotia (fi) (literally “fashionable, in”)
• Walloon: convnåbe (wa) m or f, comifåt (wa) m or f

Verb

done

1. past participle of do

   I have done my work.

2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of do; did.
   • 1985 December 14, Jack Leck, “Stick Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 4:

     I knew I done the right thing and I'd do it all over again.

   • (Can we date this quote?) 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."

3. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.

   I woke up and found out she done left.

   • 2020, Moneybagg Yo (lyrics and music), “Thug Cry”:

     I done made some real bad choices with my life

   • 2022, Nas (lyrics and music), “Legit”, in King's Disease III:

     On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did

Interjection

done

1. Expresses that a task has been completed.
2. Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
   • 1994, René Echevarria, “Firstborn”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 21, Jonathan Frakes and Joel Swetow (actors):

     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.

Synonyms

• (on finishing a task): all done, finished, there, voilà
• (on agreeing to a deal): agreed, done and done, you have a deal

Translations

expresses that a task has been completed

• French: fini (fr)
• Vietnamese: xong rồi

Etymology 2

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

Verb

done

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of do
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 18, verso:

     The while their Foes done eache of hem ſcoꝛne.

   • 1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature D2, recto:

     O you Cæleſtiall euer-liuing fires,
     That done inflame our hearts with high deſires; […]

   • 1647, Henry More, “[Philosophical Poems.] Antipsychopannychia or The Third Book of the Song of the Soul: Containing a Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death. The Præexistency of the Soul, […].”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Complete Poems of Dr. Henry More (1614–1687) […] (Chertsey Worthies’ Library), [Edinburgh: […] Edinburgh University Press; Thomas and Archibald Constable, […]] for private circulation, published 1878, →OCLC, stanza 63, page 125, column 1:

     The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told,
     As done the learnèd Hebrew Doctours write, […]

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• 'done

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəʊn/

Noun

done (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of methadone.

   on the done

Etymology 4

Noun

done (plural dones)

1. Alternative form of dhoni

Anagrams

• Deno, Deon, Endo, NODE, endo, endo-, node, oden, onde, oned

Basque

Etymology

From a Romance development of Latin domine.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /done/ [d̪o.ne]
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: do‧ne

Adjective

done (not comparable)

1. holy, saint

   Synonym: santu

Declension

Declension of done (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		done	donea	doneak
ergative		donek	doneak	doneek
dative		doneri	doneari	doneei
genitive		doneren	donearen	doneen
comitative		donerekin	donearekin	doneekin
causative		donerengatik	donearengatik	doneengatik
benefactive		donerentzat	donearentzat	doneentzat
instrumental		donez	doneaz	doneez
inessive	anim.	donerengan	donearengan	doneengan
	inanim.	donetan	donean	doneetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	donetako	doneko	doneetako
allative	anim.	donerengana	donearengana	doneengana
	inanim.	donetara	donera	doneetara
terminative	anim.	donerenganaino	donearenganaino	doneenganaino
	inanim.	donetaraino	doneraino	doneetaraino
directive	anim.	donerenganantz	donearenganantz	doneenganantz
	inanim.	donetarantz	donerantz	doneetarantz
destinative	anim.	donerenganako	donearenganako	doneenganako
	inanim.	donetarako	donerako	doneetarako
ablative	anim.	donerengandik	donearengandik	doneengandik
	inanim.	donetatik	donetik	doneetatik
partitive		donerik	—	—
prolative		donetzat	—	—

Noun

done anim

1. saint

   Synonyms: santu, santa

Declension

Declension of done (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	done	donea	doneak
ergative	donek	doneak	doneek
dative	doneri	doneari	doneei
genitive	doneren	donearen	doneen
comitative	donerekin	donearekin	doneekin
causative	donerengatik	donearengatik	doneengatik
benefactive	donerentzat	donearentzat	doneentzat
instrumental	donez	doneaz	doneez
inessive	donerengan	donearengan	doneengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	donerengana	donearengana	doneengana
terminative	donerenganaino	donearenganaino	doneenganaino
directive	donerenganantz	donearenganantz	doneenganantz
destinative	donerenganako	donearenganako	doneenganako
ablative	donerengandik	donearengandik	doneengandik
partitive	donerik	—	—
prolative	donetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• donetasun (“sainthood”)
• donetu (“to sanctify”)

 

Further reading

• “done”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “done”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdonɛ]
• Rhymes: -onɛ
• Hyphenation: do‧ne

Noun

done

1. vocative singular of don

Anagrams

• node, onde

Dogrib

Noun

done

1. person

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French don.

Noun

done

1. (rare) gift, present
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Launcelot and Guinevere]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 446, verso, lines 1–6:

     Than cam In ẜ Aſcamour and ẜ Grūmor ⁊ Grūmorſon ẜ Croſſeleme ẜ Seuerauſe le brewſe that was called a paſſynge ſtronge knyght for as the booke ſeyth the chyff lady of the lady off the lake feſted ẜ Launcelot and ẜ Seu[er]auſe le brewſe And whan ſhe had feſted them both at ſundry tymes ſhe þ[ra]yde hem to gyff her a done

     Then came in Sir Astamor, and Sir Gromere, Grummor’s son, Sir Crosselm, Sir Servause le Breuse, that was called a passing strong knight, for as the book saith, the chief Lady of the Lake feasted Sir Launcelot and Servause le Breuse, and when she had feasted them both at sundry times she prayed them to give her a boon.

Etymology 2

Noun

done

1. Alternative form of dynne

Spanish

Verb

done

1. inflection of donar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Venetan

Noun

done

1. plural of dona