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   Done

   /dən/

   

   verb

   • 1. past participle of do
   • ▪ nonstandard past tense of do
   • ▪ used with a standard past tense verb to indicate absoluteness or completion: "I done told you to zipper your lips"

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) cooked thoroughly: "the turkey will be done soon" Similar cookedreadycooked throughtendercrispbrownedOpposite underdoneraw
   • 2. no longer happening or existing: "her hunting days were done" Similar overat an endfinishedendedconcludedterminatedno moreextinctdeadrungonedead and gonedead and buriedforgottenover and done witha thing of the pastin the pastancient historyOpposite ongoingto come
   • 3. socially acceptable: informal British "therapy was not the done thing then" Similar properseemlydecorousdecentrespectablerightcorrectin ordersuitablefitfittingbefittingappropriateaptconventionalapprovedacceptedacceptablestandardusualcustomarytraditionalorthodoxthe done thingcomme il fautinformal:OK

   exclamation

   • 1. used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer: "“I'll give ten to one he misses by a mile!” called Reilly. “Done,” said the conductor"

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

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