done

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Finished or completed.

   I'll text you when the movie's done.

2. 2
   adj

   (Of food) cooked enough to eat.

   As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.

3. 3
   adj

   Considered socially acceptable or proper.

   Showing up uninvited just isn't done around here.

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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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