done

done
I UK [dʌn] / US adjective [not usually before noun] *
finished doing something or using something

I'm nearly done.

As soon as I've done I'm going home.

done with:

Are you done with that pen?

a) if a job is done, it has been finished

That's the first lot done.

The beds are done (= they have been made tidy).

b) cooked long enough to be eaten

be the done thing/be done — to be the correct or suitable thing to do, or to be the way that people think you should behave

Going to university seemed to be the done thing, so he went.

it is not done to do something:

In those days it really wasn't done to argue with a teacher.

be/get doneBritish

informal to pay more money than something is worth, especially because someone has tricked you


Fifty pounds for that old thing? You were done!

be/have done with itinformal to have finished dealing with something, so that you do not have to think about it any more

Let's just give them what they want and have done with it.


II UK [dʌn] / US
1) the past participle of do I
2) used by some people instead of "did", for example in sentences such as "He done it last week". This use is not considered correct.

III UK [dʌn] / US interjection
used for saying that you will accept the price or offer

"Let's say £75." "Done!"


English dictionary. 2014.

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