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comparative more done, superlative most done
Having completed or finished an activity. examples
(of an activity or task) Completed or finished. examples
(of food) Ready, fully cooked. examples
Being exhausted or fully spent. examples
Without hope or prospect of completion or success. examples
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful. examples
past participle of do examples
(nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of do; did. quotations
She opened it up to find a quarter and a note scrawled in childish letters that said, "I done it for love."
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(African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have. quotations examples
I done made some real bad choices with my life
2020, Moneybagg Yo (lyrics and music), “Thug Cry”
On my soul, this for my kids and the cold shit I done did
2022, Nas (lyrics and music), “Legit”, in King's Disease III
(obsolete) plural simple present of do quotations
The while their Foes done each of hem scorn.
1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
O you Caelestiall ever-living fires,That done inflame our hearts with high desires;
1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie
The soul of Naboth lies to Ahab told,As done the learned Hebrew Doctours write,
1647, Henry More, The Praeexistency of the Soul
Expresses that a task has been completed. examples
Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc. quotations examples
Riker: Would you be interested in selling me the ore you're carrying? / Yog: No. I have a buyer. / Riker: You haven't heard my offer. Half a gram of Anjoran biomimetic gel. / Yog: Done.
1994, René Echevarria, “Firstborn”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episode 21, Jonathan Frakes and Joel Swetow (actors)
uncountable
(slang) Clipping of methadone.
plural dones
Alternative form of dhoni examples