Meaning

2 senses

  1. One that undergoes.

  2. The most patient-like argument of a clause, e.g. 'the boat' in "The torpedo sank the boat" and "The boat sank".

Origin

From undergo + -er.

From undergo + -er.

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Forms

plural: undergoers
Singularundergoer
Pluralundergoers

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms
grammatical role:actorA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underfootundergoB1undergradundergraduateB2undergroundB2

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