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adjective

Definition of donenext
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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

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

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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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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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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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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
With multiple companies able to utilize general intelligence similarly, what will differentiate your firm from another will be the ability of your model to understand the work that needs to be done. — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 There has been some opposition, including from the Mauthausen Committee, Austria’s main Holocaust survivors’ group, which has argued both that a police station is inappropriate and that more should be done to draw attention to Hitler’s crimes. — CNN Money, 22 July 2026 By that point, almost five minutes down on yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar, the Tour may already have been done — save for an incomprehensible effort over Alpe d’Huez, or misfortune to Pogacar himself. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Or any other details in this first drive report—the hybrid Seltos is still undergoing its EPA certification, and Kia isn’t prepared to talk power, torque, or efficiency until that’s done and dusted. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 Shelton met Talarico years ago and believes in him as a candidate but says work needs to be done to bridge the gap with the Black community. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026 Local issue Republican Nicholas Reinecker and Democrat Curt Skoog both said that real property tax reform would need to be done at the local level with citizens attending meetings and running for office. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 This is my chance to get some work done while the house is quiet. — Ginny Hogan, New Yorker, 21 July 2026 For many South Floridians, however, getting ahead financially feels easier said than done. — Bonnie Laden, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for done
  1. finished
  2. exhausted
  3. doomed
  4. extinct
  5. gone
  6. sufficed
  7. made
  8. decorated
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  • The bachelor’s degree is no longer best understood as a finished product.
    — David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The finished works echo the violence suggested by the bullet-riddled boat.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of finished
Adjective
  • If the District Court upholds the denial, your application is considered exhausted.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • OpenAI moved ChatGPT Business agents to metered credits July 6, and Anthropic now bills agent workloads against credit pools that stop when exhausted.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • His untimely death set the template for the doomed, dissolute musician.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg portrayed Gloucester fisherman on the doomed Andrea Gail.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of doomed
Adjective
  • The species has remained unchanged since prehistoric times, finding ways to survive while other species became extinct, according to the San Diego Zoo.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • There are others still who believe that something like a dragon may have actually existed but went extinct, though there’s no real scientific evidence supporting that.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
Definition of extinct
Verb
  • Since June 25, the club has gone 20-3 and turned its season around.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • That has given Zavagnin a unique perspective on how soccer has gone from an afterthought to a vibrant part of Kansas City.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of gone
Verb
  • For most, this would have sufficed for nautical recreation.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
  • The contact looked incidental and accidental, not forceful and deliberate, and a free kick sufficed.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of sufficed
Verb
  • The City of Yes plan swept aside cumbersome zoning rules and made office buildings completed as recently as 1990 eligible for conversion in most of Manhattan and parts of other boroughs.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Owner Dan Weinberger told the Star-Telegram while a lot of progress has been made to accommodate more people, there are still a few finishing touches that need to be completed.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Definition of made
Verb
  • Balloons, a Colombian soccer jersey, dozens of flowers and handwritten notes – some with expletives; others, crayon drawings from children – decorated the makeshift memorial at the intersection of Hill and Pool streets.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • The gallery, decorated by prominent artists including Delacroix and Le Brun, served as a model for the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, according to the press release.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 22 July 2026
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