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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. Past participle of do1.
  2. adj. Having been carried out or accomplished; finished: a done deed.
  3. adj. Cooked adequately.
  4. adj. Socially acceptable: Spitting on the street is just not done in polite society.
  5. adj. Informal Totally worn out; exhausted.
  6. idiom. done for Informal Doomed to death or destruction.
  7. idiom. done in Informal Totally worn out; exhausted.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. As an auxiliary, used to express completed action: originally causal after have or had, followed by an object infinitive; in present use the have or had is often omitted and the infinitive turned into a preterit, leaving done as a mere preterit sign.
  2. Completed; finished; decided; accepted: used in an exclamatory way to signify acceptance of a proposition, as a wager.
  3. Completely used up; thoroughly fatigued; tired out: sometimes with out or up (or with for: see to do for, under do, verb).
  4. Completed; executed; issued; made public: used chiefly in the concluding clause of a formal document, expressing the place at which and the date on which it received official sanction and became valid: as, done at Washington this 15th day of May, etc.
  5. An obsolete form of infinitive (and present indicative plural) of do.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. of food Ready, fully cooked.
  2. adj. In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
  3. adj. Being exhausted or fully spent.
  4. adj. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
  5. adj. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
  6. v. Past participle of do
  7. v. African American Vernacular Used in forming the perfective aspect.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. Performed; executed; finished.
  2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically.
  3. adj. Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having finished or arrived at completion
  2. adj. cooked until ready to serve

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  • ruzuzu Well done. Apr 3, 2012

  • DiamondJuneau I also agree..although i realize i am 5 years late on this topic. Haha! Apr 3, 2012

  • reesetee Ha! Good point! Aug 2, 2007

  • jennarenn Well, there are fifty-two other definitions to choose from! Aug 1, 2007

  • slumry Alas, I have offended. I am undone! Aug 1, 2007

  • reesetee I agree. I'm done with it. ;-) Jul 31, 2007

  • gerwitz I abhor the common use of done to mean finished. Jul 31, 2007

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