done

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having finished or arrived at completion

   certain to make history before he's done

2. 2
   adj

   Having completed or finished an activity.

   He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."

3. 3
   adj

   Completed or finished.

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

4. 4
   adj

   Ready, fully cooked.

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

5. 5
   adj

   Being exhausted or fully spent.

   When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.

6. 6
   adj

   Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

   He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.

7. 7
   adj

   Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

   I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!

8. 8
   adj

   Finished with (something).

   I'm done my homework.

Etymology

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.