done
/dʌn
/verb
past participle of do1.
adjective
1(Of food) cooked thoroughly: the turkey will be done to a turn...
- Drain each batch as it is done and eat whilst cooking the next batch.
- Curl up in front of the TV with your own bowl of this much-loved comfort food favourite, done my way.
- If food is not done when you take it out of the oven you can always return it to the oven for additional time.
Synonyms
cooked, ready, cooked through, tender, crisp, browned
2No longer happening or existing: her hunting days were done
Synonyms
over, at an end, finished, ended, concluded, terminated, no more, extinct, dead, run, gone, dead and gone, dead and buried, forgotten, over and done with, a thing of the past, in the past, ancient history
3British informal Socially acceptable: therapy was not the done thing then...
- It is not the done thing to listen to music through headphones.
- He has worked in the media for more than twenty years, and he knows, or should know, the way the world is now and what is not the done thing.
- He's assured me that it's not the done thing to drink at lunchtime these days, but I'm not so sure.
Synonyms
proper, seemly, decorous, decent, respectable, right, correct, in order, suitable, fit, fitting, befitting, appropriate, apt;
conventional, approved, accepted, acceptable, standard, usual, customary, traditional, orthodox;
the done thing;
French comme il faut
informal OK
exclamation
Used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer: ‘I’ll give ten to one he misses by a mile!’ called Reilly. ‘Done!’, said the conductor
Synonyms
agreed, settled, all right, very well, that's a bargain, accepted, right
informal you're on, OK, okay, oke, okey-dokey, okey-doke
British informal righto, righty-ho
Phrases
a done deal
done for
done in (or up)
Derivatives
doneness
informalsense 1 of the adjective. check the meat for doneness during the last 20 minutes of cooking...
- In the box below is a guide to other cuts and degrees of doneness.
- Check meat for doneness with an instant-read meat thermometer.
- Unwrap a corner and check for doneness (it will depend, in part, on how hot your barbecue is and the type of potato you've used).