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Etymology

From Middle English don, idon, ydon, 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.

inherited from *dēnaz✻
inherited from *dān✻
inherited from dōn
inherited from don

Definitions

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
Completed or finished.
- I'll text you when the movie's done.
3
Ready, fully cooked.
- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
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1. 4
  Being exhausted or fully spent.
  - When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
2. 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.
3. 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!
4. 7
  Finished with (something).
  - I'm done my homework.
5. 8
  Punished.
  - I can say what I like now because I am mental and I can't get done for it.
  - Normally, when you pass a law in New Zealand, you can't be done for it if you broke the law in the past.
6. 9
  past participle of do
  - There's nothing to be done.
7. 10
  simple past of do
  simple past of do; did.
  - I knew I done the right thing and I'd do it all over again.
  - 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."
8. 11
  Used in forming the perfective aspect
  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
  - On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did
9. Expresses that a task has been completed.
10. 13
  Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request,…
  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.
11. 14
  plural simple present of do
  - The while their Foes done eache of hem ſcoꝛne.
  - O you Cæleſtiall euer-liuing fires, That done inflame our hearts with high deſires; […]
  - The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told, As done the learnèd Hebrew Doctours write, […]
12. 15
  Clipping of methadone.
  - on the done
13. Alternative form of dhoni.
14. A surname.

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Derived

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