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done

adj.
A2 Elementary US //ˈdən// UK //dˈʌn// done Archaic Dialect Informal Slang

adj. finished or completed. You use this when a task is over or when you have finished eating.

adj. finished or completed; having reached the end of a process or task. Often follows a linking verb like 'be' or 'get'.


SIMPLE

I am finally done with my homework.

CONTEXTUAL

Once the paint is dry and the furniture is moved back, the room will be done.

COMPLEX

The project was considered done only after the final safety inspection was passed and the keys were handed over to the new owners.

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Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English don; equivalent to do + -en (plural simple present ending).

Usage

Often functions as a predicative adjective following 'be' or 'get'.

Pitfall

I have done with my workI am done with my workWhen 'done' means finished, it is used as an adjective with the verb 'to be', not as a past participle with 'have'.

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