undergo

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To go through or experience something, especially a change or process.

   The city has undergone great changes in recent years.

2. 2
   verb

   To suffer or endure something difficult or unpleasant.

   The patient underwent months of painful treatment.

Common collocations

• undergo a change Verb + noun

From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

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