to undergo
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3.9
- verb
- /ˌʌndərˈɡoʊ/
:
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- In addition, to prevent further acts of rage... ...this court orders you to undergo 20 hours of anger management therapy.
- undergo surgery
- undergo treatment
- undergo a procedure
And Koji suggests that Toyota needs to undergo a drastic change.
- And Koji suggests that Toyota needs to undergo a drastic change.
- When I was in grad school, I had to undergo these observations.
- So let's say a cell undergoes DNA damage and can't divide.
- But Shannon really underwent a major self journey.
- It is actually undergoing a change of state.
- Your attitude toward others who have not ceased to live will undergo abrupt correction.
- Like to pretend that the canvas just underwent some sort of plastic surgery.
- We are clearly undergoing an acute crisis.
- So for years now, the NIH has been undergoing a slow strangulation.
- And about half of those women undergo hysterectomy before menopause.
- Mercury seems to be undergoing a process known as global contraction.
- They're undergoing jury selection in those trials.
- Why do they have to undergo the procedure that they've undergone?
- And maybe they're not so small after all, because the painting has undergone A radical transformation.
- And Locke was the one who was, you know, we were undergoing sort of our own personal evolution.
- Now, in terms of a treatment, it's difficult to envision wild animals undergoing cancer therapy.
- a mild but nevertheless chronic form of suffering which we constantly undergo. The experience of fear.
Examples
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King has had multiple surgeries, and will undergo rehabilitation for the next year.
Fiction book (1999) -
We are clearly undergoing an acute crisis.
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In the coming days we will undergo many changes.
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In this world, you need to undergo pain in order to be successful.
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Any new regulations that are brought in should first undergo a cost benefit analysis.
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Program changes made under emergency conditions should undergo testing and approval within 24 hours of implementation.
Academic text (1999) -
All five have been undergoing treatment for drug offenses.
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With over 80,000 schools in the United States, seemingly all undergoing reform, some are bound to improve.
Academic text (1999) -
And Koji suggests that Toyota needs to undergo a drastic change.
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To improve her skills, she had to undergo rigorous training that tested her limits.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To experience an illness, feeling, or problem
∞
3.5
To experience something unpleasant, for example punishment or criticism
∞
1.4
Experience an unpleasant action or result
∞
3.6
To experience a difficult or painful time in your life
∞
2.0
To feel pain or be ill
∞
2.1
To feel something while it happens to you
304
3.5
To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Archaic
Have an operation that cuts parts of the brain to treat severe mental illness
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undergo comes from the old parts under ('below') and go ('to move'). Think of 'going under' as moving beneath or through something, so to undergo a change or an operation is to experience it or be put through it.