ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Done

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /dʌn/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Done is an adjective meaning Having completed or finished an activity.

Meaning

Having completed or finished an activity.

More Meanings

  1. (of an activity or task) Completed or finished.
  2. (of food) Ready, fully cooked.
  3. Being exhausted or fully spent.
  4. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
  5. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
  6. (Canada, Philadelphia, Scotland, predicative) Finished with (something).
  7. (colloquial) Punished.

Example Sentences

I'll text you when the movie's done.
What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."

Word Forms

Synonyms for done

Depending on context, synonyms include finished, there, agreed, through, completed, concluded.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include finished, through, cooked, completed, complete, accomplished.

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