undergo
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊ
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.
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 1, pages 47–48:
- Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (to go or move under):
- (to experience): go through, take, undercome
- (to suffer or endure): brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
Translations
to experience
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to suffer or endure
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