done
- adjective
- /dʌn/
- So when I'm done here, I go home, and then it's home time.
- done, I'm going
- done, he said
So, all right, I think I'm done now, yes.
- So, all right, I think I'm done now, yes.
- OK, But sweetheart, you said that you were done helping me, remember?
Examples
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So, all right, I think I'm done now, yes.
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The sixth-year students had to face the lowest number of obstacles because they were almost done with their projects.
Academic text (2014) -
I will have the deal done in one day, one day.
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And then I told him I was done with football.
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We're all done.
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It's done.
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We're done.
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Okay, we're done.
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Then it is done.
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After hours of hard work, I finally feel like I'm done with this project.
Synonyms
Finished and not needing any more work
Finished and no longer happening
Completely finished and settled so nothing more needs doing
Complete and no longer needing work
Finished and no longer happening
Finished and not needing any more work
Finished and no longer happening
Having finished with something and not involved anymore
Finished and cannot be changed
Having completed a plan or goal to a high standard
Fully finished, often in a formal or legal way
Antonyms
Idioms
A phrase people say to show they have done something before and are not impressed
Say this when someone acts very differently, as if they are a different person
Compounds
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Done comes from the old English past form of do, which means 'to do' or 'to act', so when a task is done it means the action is over — it is 'finished' or completed.