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adjective

Definition of donenext
1
as in finished
brought or having come to an end the demanding job was finally done

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2
as in exhausted
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness after bicycling 30 miles we were completely done

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3
as in doomed
facing certain defeat, disaster, or death at this point retailing in the city's downtown is done

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as in extinct
no longer existing the day of the small independent grocer is done

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done

2 of 2

verb

past participle of do
1
as in gone
to be fitting or proper that outfit just won't do for the opera

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2
as in sufficed
to be enough even half of that amount of sugar will do

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3
as in made
to carry through (as a process) to completion do as much as you can and leave the rest

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4
as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming did the living room in French provincial style

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as in managed
to meet one's day-to-day needs I'm doing just fine

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as in created
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good

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as in imitated
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again

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as in come
to move forward along a course how are you doing with the house restoration?

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9
as in performed
to present a portrayal or performance of she's done Eliza Doolittle on the stage so many times that she can probably play the flower girl in her sleep

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10
as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats did them out of their savings with surprising ease

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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly no one is sure who did them in that alley

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as in happened
to take place nothing's ever doing in this boring little town

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Recent Examples of done
Verb
Watch the tape, get some corrections done, and then straight to the next. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 These types of moments in news conferences, the cutoff hoodies, and the 25-year-old ex-girlfriend/business partner are all as much of his story as all the winning he's done throughout his career. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Instead of channeling the Addams family through Wednesday’s braids or Morticia’s sleek, pin-straight hair, as she’s done before, Ortega opted for a ’70s ponytail that feels more in line with the trend cycle this season. — María Diez, Glamour, 3 Nov. 2026 Accepting the best actress award, Ando Sakura said plainly that filmmaking and child-rearing could not be done together. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026 In the evening draw, when the day is done, the lucky numbers were 1, 2, 10,17 and 23. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026 Welch Suggs, one of the study’s authors and an associate professor of journalism and mass communication at Georgia, noted the study was done over a period of growth in higher education. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 There is much work to be done before this discovery can translate to medicine though. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 27 Oct. 2026 The second is that there’s more to be done to keep those kids safe—simple, concrete changes productions could enact now. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for done
  1. finished
  2. exhausted
  3. doomed
  4. extinct
  5. gone
  6. sufficed
  7. made
  8. decorated
Adjective
  • No sensible developer would pour the foundation and erect 20 stories before deciding what the finished building should look like.
    — Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
  • On an afternoon in late July, two women stood huddled behind a bright white front desk at one end of its semi-finished lobby.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of finished
Adjective
  • McCarthy claimed the condition had compromised her body's ability to fight infections, leaving her physically and emotionally exhausted.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • After advancing to the Elite Eight last season for the first time under Ivey, the Irish lost their top six scorers behind Hidalgo, all but one to exhausted eligibility or professional basketball.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • Lula, an 81-year-old incumbent and a fixture of Brazil’s left for decades, looked doomed.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • This housing raid would put roughly 150,000 homes under the government’s control — about seven percent of Berlin’s housing supply — in what would no doubt be a doomed effort to curb rising rents.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of doomed
Adjective
  • Her company Arcaea has raised $78 million and previously created the fragrance brand Future Society, which makes scents by sequencing the DNA of extinct flowers.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The company has pursued efforts to recreate extinct species, including the dodo and woolly mammoth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of extinct
Verb
  • Once the international visitors have gone home, the question is whether the stadiums and facilities will lie empty and fall into disrepair.
    — Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Imagine a world where SpaceX had gone all in on developing a lunar lander.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of gone
Verb
  • Still, this particular ban didn’t need to go in the Constitution – a simple law would have sufficed or, better yet, allowing the CPW board to determine if these traps were too inhumane to allow.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026
  • For players 20 and older, a full season in the AHL sufficed to accrue a professional season.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of sufficed
Verb
  • In a statement, district officials stated the cancellation was made considering sensitive themes in the musical, including an abusive relationship and romantic storylines, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The fact that Haslem became a mentor for Adebayo and developed a close friendship with him during their six seasons as Heat teammates made the moment especially meaningful.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of made
Verb
  • Much of the walls are painted in a calming hunter green, decorated with landscape paintings and vintage art featuring families.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The space is decorated for fall with artificial flowers, and filled with activists and community leaders ready to detail the latest data-center controversy.
    — Naomi Nix, Time, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of decorated

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“Done.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/done. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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