doneverb
uk/dʌn/us/dʌn/past participle of do
doneadjective [ after verb ]
uk/dʌn/us/dʌn/done adjective [ after verb ] (DEALT WITH)
If something is done, or you are done with it, it is finished, or you have finished doing, using it, etc.:
The painting is almost done - I just have one corner of the kitchen left.
Are you done with those scissors yet?
mainly US I'm all done with the vacuuming. Is there anything else I can do?
a done deal
a plan that has been formally arranged or agreed and that is now certain to happen:
Although it has yet to happen, reform of the sector is regarded as a done deal.
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- Well - is the job done yet?
- There is essential work to be done before the building can be re-occupied.
- Is all your homework done already? You amaze me.
- I got all my Christmas shopping done in just one day.
- She could get that essay done in a couple of hours if she really tried.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Finished & over
- bar
- be (all) over bar the shouting idiom
- be done and dusted idiom
- can 1
- closed
- down
- dust
- finito
- in the can idiom
- lapsed
- last
- mission
- one, two, etc. down, one, two etc. to go. idiom
- over
- see
- see the last of sth/sb idiom
- through
- up
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Plans and arrangements
done adjective [ after verb ] (COOKED)
cooked:
Are the vegetables done (= have they finished cooking) yet?
"How would you like your steak done?" "Well done (= cooked for a long time), please."
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medium adjective
rare
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- grilled
- microwave
- preheat
- render
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
- simmer
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Idiom(s)
done!
done for
done in