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Definition of 'done'

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done

(dʌn )

1.

Done is the past participle of do1.

2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

A task or activity that is done has been completed successfully.

When her deal is done, the client emerges with her purchase.

3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

When something that you are cooking is done, it has been cooked long enough and is ready.

As soon as the cake is done, remove it from the oven.

Synonyms: cooked, ready, cooked enough, cooked to a turn More Synonyms of done

4. convention

You say 'Done' when you are accepting a deal, arrangement, or bet that someone has offered to make with you.

[spoken, formulae]

'You lead and we'll look for it.'—'Done.'

5.

See over and done with

More Synonyms of done

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done in British English

(dʌn )

verb

1. the past participle of do1

2. See be done with

3. See have done

4. See that's done it

exclamation

5.

an expression of agreement, as on the settlement of a bargain between two parties

adjective

6.

completed; finished

7.

cooked enough

done to a turn

8.

used up

they had to surrender when the ammunition was done

9.

socially proper or acceptable

that isn't done in higher circles

10. informal

cheated; tricked

11. See done for

12. See done in

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done in American English

(dʌn )

verb transitive, verb intransitive

1. pp. of

adjective

2.

completed; ended

3.

sufficiently cooked

4.

socially acceptable because acceptable to arbiters of good taste

usually in a negative construction

it just isn't done

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Examples of 'done' in a sentence
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This was done in cold blood by people who claim to be civilized.Their defending is not remotely done yet.The homework should have been done.One who gets the job done.

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easier said than done

done and dusted

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done

British English: done /dʌn/ ADJECTIVE

A task that is done has been completed.

The damage has already been done.

American English: done /ˈdʌn/
Arabic: مُكَمَّل
Brazilian Portuguese: feito
Chinese: 完成了
Croatian: učinjen
Czech: hotový
Danish: afsluttet
Dutch: gedaan
European Spanish: hecho
Finnish: tehty
French: fait
German: erledigt
Greek: τετελεσμένος
Italian: fatto
Japanese: 終了した
Korean: 끝난
Norwegian: ferdig
Polish: sporządzony
European Portuguese: feito
Romanian: făcut
Russian: сделанный
Latin American Spanish: hecho terminado
Swedish: gjord
Thai: ซึ่งถูกทำแล้ว, เสร็จแล้ว
Turkish: yapılmış
Ukrainian: зроблений
Vietnamese: đã xong

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