done
done1 /dʌn/ 
the past participle of do
done2 adjective [not before noun, no comparative]
SYN finished:
The job’s nearly done.
somebody is done (with something) (=someone has finished doing or using something)
As soon as I’m done, I’ll give you a call.
Are you done with this magazine?
I’ll be glad when the exams are over and done with (=completely finished).
2. COOKED cooked enough to eat ⇨ overdone, underdone:
Is the pasta done yet?
3. be done for informal to be in serious trouble or likely to fail:
If we get caught, we’re done for.
4. done in informal extremely tired:
You look done in.
5. be done (also be the done thing British English) to be socially acceptable:
Showing affection in public just isn’t done in Japan.
6. be done with it (also have done with it British English) used to tell someone to stop thinking about or trying to decide something because they have already done this enough:
Just buy it and have done with it!
7. be done British English informal to be deceived or cheated:
If you paid £50, you were done, mate!
8. be/get done British English informal to be caught by the police for doing something illegal, but usually not too serious
be/get done for
I got done for speeding last night.
9. a done deal informal an agreement that has been made and cannot be changed:
The merger is far from a done deal.
10. done and dusted British English informal completely finished or completed:
It was all done and dusted within forty-five minutes.
⇨ be hard done by at hard2(6)
▪ finished if something is finished, you have done all of it: She showed him the finished drawing. | I was very pleased with the finished result.
▪done [not before noun] finished - used especially in everyday English instead of finished: I can’t come out till my essay’s done. | They promised the work would be done by April.
▪complete [not before noun] completely finished – used especially to emphasize that there is no more work to do: Six months later the job was complete. | The first stage of the project is now complete.
▪over finished – used about an event, activity, or period of time: Football practice is over at 4:30. Can you pick me up then? | The summer was nearly over.
▪be through informal to have finished doing something or using something: I probably won’t be through till about 6 o'clock. | Are you through with those scissors?
done3 interjection
used to agree to and accept the conditions of a deal:
‘I’ll give you $90 for it.’ ‘Done!’
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the past participle of do
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adjective [not before noun, no comparative] Word Family: verb: do, outdo, overdo, redo, undo; noun: deed ≠ misdeed, do, doing; adjective: done, overdone, undone
1. FINISHED finished or completed SYN finished:
somebody is done (with something) (=someone has finished doing or using something)
2. COOKED cooked enough to eat ⇨ overdone, underdone:
3. be done for informal to be in serious trouble or likely to fail:
4. done in informal extremely tired:
5. be done (also be the done thing British English) to be socially acceptable:
6. be done with it (also have done with it British English) used to tell someone to stop thinking about or trying to decide something because they have already done this enough:
7. be done British English informal to be deceived or cheated:
8. be/get done British English informal to be caught by the police for doing something illegal, but usually not too serious
be/get done for
9. a done deal informal an agreement that has been made and cannot be changed:
10. done and dusted British English informal completely finished or completed:
⇨ be hard done by at hard2(6)
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interjectionused to agree to and accept the conditions of a deal: