Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Finished or completed: Having reached the end of a task, activity, or process.
   • Cooked sufficiently: Food that has been prepared by heating until it is ready to eat.
   • Socially acceptable or conventional: Conforming to established rules of behavior or propriety.
   • Exhausted or spent: Completely tired or without energy.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • Is your homework done? (Has your homework been completed?)
  • The chicken is done; we can eat now. (The chicken is cooked enough to be eaten.)
  • Wearing jeans to that event is simply not done. (Wearing jeans to that event is not socially acceptable.)
  • After the marathon, I was completely done. (After the marathon, I was utterly exhausted.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be done with (someone/something)": To have finished dealing with a person or thing, often implying a desire to end the association.

  • I am done with this project and want to move on. (I have finished with this project and wish to start something new.)
  • She said she was done with him after the argument. (She said she no longer wanted a relationship with him after the argument.)

• "to have done it": To have achieved something significant or, conversely, to have made a serious mistake.

  • You've really done it this time—the boss is furious! (You have made a serious mistake this time.)

• "done and dusted": Completely finished or settled.

  • The contract is done and dusted; we can celebrate. (The contract is completely finalized.)

Variants and Related Words

• Do (verb): To perform or execute an action. "Done" is the past participle.
• Overdone (adj): Cooked for too long; or, exaggerated in manner or effect.
• Well-done (adj): (Of food) cooked thoroughly; or, (of a task) performed skillfully and successfully.

Synonyms

• Finished: Brought to an end.
• Completed: Having all parts or steps concluded.
• Cooked: Prepared by heating.
• Exhausted: Drained of strength or energy.
• Concluded: Brought to a close.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Done in: Extremely tired.

  • The long journey left us all done in. (The long journey made us all very tired.)

• Done for: In serious trouble or facing certain ruin.

  • If we get caught, we're done for. (If we are discovered, we will be in serious trouble.)

Related Idioms

• What's done is done: Past events cannot be changed, so one should not worry about them.

  • I know you regret the mistake, but what's done is done. (I know you regret it, but you cannot change the past.)

• Done to a turn: Cooked perfectly.

  • The roast was done to a turn. (The roast was cooked perfectly.)

Adjective

1. cooked until ready to serve
2. having finished or arrived at completion
   • certain to make history before he's done
   • it's a done deed
   • after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up
   • almost through with his studies