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
- (of an activity or task) Completed or finished.
- (of food) Ready, fully cooked.
- Being exhausted or fully spent.
- Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
- Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
- (Canada, Philadelphia, Scotland, predicative) Finished with (something).
- (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
- dones
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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