done (redirected from doneness)

done  (dn)

v.

Past participle of do¹.

adj.

1. Having been carried out or accomplished; finished: a done deed.

2. Cooked adequately.

3. Socially acceptable: Spitting on the street is just not done in polite society.

4. Informal Totally worn out; exhausted.

Idioms:

done for Informal

Doomed to death or destruction.

done in

Informal Totally worn out; exhausted.

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doneness n.

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done

Verb

the past participle of do¹

interj

an expression of agreement: £60 seems reasonable, done!

Adjective

1. (of a task) completed

2. (of food) cooked enough

3. used up: the milk is done

4. Brit, Austral & NZ socially acceptable: the done thing

5. Informal cheated or tricked

6. done in or up Informal exhausted

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	done - having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies" through, through with finished - ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript"
	2.	done - cooked until ready to serve cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat

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done

interjection 1. agreed, you're on (informal) O.K. or okay (informal) it's a bargain, it's a deal, ka pai N.Z.

adjective 2. finished, completed, accomplished, over, through, ended, perfected, realized, concluded, executed, terminated, consummated, in the can (informal)

adjective 3. cooked, ready, cooked enough, cooked to a turn, cooked sufficiently

adjective 4. acceptable, proper, conventional, protocol, de rigueur (French) >> done for finished, (Informal) lost, beaten, defeated, destroyed, ruined, broken, dashed, wrecked, doomed, foiled, undone >> done in or up (Informal) exhausted, bushed (informal) all in (slang) worn out, dead (informal) knackered (slang) clapped out Austral., N.Z. (informal) tired out, ready to drop, dog-tired (informal) zonked (slang) dead beat (informal) fagged out (informal) worn to a frazzle (informal) on your last legs, creamcrackered Brit. (slang) have or be done with something or someone be through with, give up, be finished with, throw over, wash your hands of, end relations with

Translations

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