Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Cockney, Southern US, auxiliary)Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.

    I woke up and found out she done left.

Examples

12956 sentences
  1. I want the work done quickly.

    Я хочу, щоб робота била швидко виконана. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы работа была сделана быстро. — Olya

    deIch möchte, dass die Arbeit schnell erledigt wird. — mayabe

  2. Reflect on what you have done.

    Подумай над тим, що ти зробив. — mkazarian

    deDenk darüber nach, was du getan hast. — Sudajaengi

  3. Maybe I shouldn't have done that.

    Мабуть мені не треба було цього робити. — aandrusiak

    ruВозможно, мне не следовало этого делать. — sharptoothed

  4. I wish you hadn't done that.

    Шкода, що ти це зробив. — deniko

    ruЯ бы хотел, чтобы ты этого не делал. — sharptoothed

    deIch wünschte, du hättest das nicht getan. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I would've done that for you.

    Я би зробив це для тебе. — deniko

    ruЯ бы сделал это для тебя. — odexed

Origin

From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto

From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Equivalent to do + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Scots dune, deen, dene, dane (“done”), Saterland Frisian däin (“done”), West Frisian dien (“done”), Dutch gedaan (“done”), German Low German daan (“done”), German getan (“done”). More at do.

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Forms

dones, doning, doned, doned
Base formdone · to done
3rd person singulardones
Present participledoning
Past simpledoned
Past participledoned

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydone
he, she, itdones

Past simpleLesson

all personsdoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave doned
he, she, ithas doned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill done

Collocations

12 patterns
  • done done that
  • have done done
  • be done done
  • should've done done
  • could've done done
  • never done done
  • already done done
  • would've done done
  • done done this
  • ever done done
  • done done anything
  • done that by

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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