done

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. 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.

adj

  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!

verb

  1. past participle of do
    I have done my work.
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of do; did.
    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, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
    I woke up and found out she done left.
    I done made some real bad choices with my life 2020, Moneybagg Yo, Thug Cry
  4. (obsolete) plural simple present of do
    The while their Foes done each of hem scorn. 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
    O you Caelestiall ever-living fires, That done inflame our hearts with high desires; 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie
    The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told, As done the learned Hebrew Doctours write, 1647, Henry More, The Praeexistency of the Soul

intj

  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.
    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. 1994, René Echevarria, “Firstborn”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 21, Jonathan Frakes and Joel Swetow (actors)

Etymology 2

noun

  1. (slang) Clipping of methadone.
    on the done

Etymology 3

noun

  1. Alternative form of dhoni

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