undergo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊ
[edit] Verb
undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)
- (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
- (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
- The project is undergoing great changes.
- (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.
- The victim underwent great trauma.
- She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
[edit] Translations
to experience
to suffer or endure
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