"undergo" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undergo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: undergoes [present, singular, third-person], undergoing [participle, present], underwent [past], undergone [participle, past]
Rhymes: -əʊ 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|undergon}} Middle English undergon, {{inh|en|ang|undergān||to undergo, undermine, ruin}} Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), {{prefix|en|under|go}} under- + go, {{cog|nl|ondergaan||to undergo, perish, sink}} Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), {{cog|de|untergehen||to perish, sink, undergo}} German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), {{cog|sv|undergå||to undergo, go through}} Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”) Head templates: {{en-verb|undergoes|undergoing|underwent|undergone}} undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)
  1. (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase. Tags: transitive Synonyms: go through, take, undercome Translations (to experience): πάσχω (páskhō) (Ancient Greek), изпитвам (izpitvam) (Bulgarian), претърпявам (pretǎrpjavam) (Bulgarian), experimentar (Catalan), patir (Catalan), 經歷 (Chinese Mandarin), 经历 (jīnglì) (Chinese Mandarin), 接受 (jiēshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 進行 (Chinese Mandarin), 进行 (jìnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), gennomgå (Danish), ondergaan (Dutch), läpikäydä (Finnish), subir (French), experimentar (Galician), განცდა (gancda) (Georgian), გადატანა (gadaṭana) (Georgian), durchmachen (German), megtapasztal (Hungarian), patior (Latin), subeō (Latin), gjennomgå (Norwegian Bokmål), gjennomgå (Norwegian Nynorsk), przechodzić [imperfective] (Polish), przejść [perfective] (Polish), doświadczać [imperfective] (Polish), doświadczyć [perfective] (Polish), passar por (Portuguese), experienciar (Portuguese), проходи́ть (proxodítʹ) (Russian), подверга́ться (podvergátʹsja) (Russian), experimentar (Spanish), genomgå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undergo-en-verb-kkZsSK6h Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 37 30 32 Disambiguation of 'to experience': 96 4 0
  2. (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with. Tags: transitive Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate Translations (to suffer or endure): πάσχω (páskhō) (Ancient Greek), məruz qalmaq (Azerbaijani), понасям (ponasjam) (Bulgarian), suportar (Catalan), 承受 (chénshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 忍受 (rěnshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 經受 (Chinese Mandarin), 经受 (jīngshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 遭受 (zāoshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 接受 (jiēshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), podstoupit (Czech), gennomgå (Danish), ondergaan (Dutch), undergaon (Dutch Low Saxon), subir (French), sufrir (Galician), sibi (Haitian Creole), elvisel (Hungarian), subisar (Ido), soffrire (Italian), sottoporsi (Italian), patior (Latin), subeo (Latin), ündergahn [German-Low-German] (Low German), ünnergahn [German-Low-German] (Low German), ngahi (english: refers to punishment) (Maori), үзэх (üzex) (Mongolian), gjennomgå (Norwegian Bokmål), gjennomgå (Norwegian Nynorsk), drēogan (Old English), sofrer (Portuguese), испы́тывать (ispýtyvatʹ) (Russian), переноси́ть (perenosítʹ) (Russian), sufrir (Spanish), soportar (Spanish), padecer (Spanish), genomgå (Swedish), gå igenom (Swedish), undergå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undergo-en-verb-FZpmC6yx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 80 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 73 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 37 30 32 Disambiguation of 'to suffer or endure': 5 95 0
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-undergo-en-verb-BFKfIspg Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 37 30 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: undergang

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          "sense": "to experience",
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          "sense": "to experience",
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          "sense": "to experience",
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          "sense": "to experience",
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          "sense": "to experience",
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "məruz qalmaq"
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ponasjam",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "понасям"
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "suportar"
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chénshòu",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "承受"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rěnshòu",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "經受"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīngshòu",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zāoshòu",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "遭受"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiēshòu",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "接受"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "podstoupit"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
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          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "páskhō",
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          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "sibi"
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "elvisel"
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "subisar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "soffrire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "sottoporsi"
        },
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "patior"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "subeo"
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          "code": "nds-de",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
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          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ünnergahn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to punishment",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "ngahi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "üzex",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "үзэх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "gjennomgå"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "gjennomgå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "drēogan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "sofrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispýtyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to suffer or endure",
          "word": "испы́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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          "word": "brook"
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        {
          "word": "put up with"
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        {
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        "To go or move under or beneath."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "izpitvam",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "изпитвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pretǎrpjavam",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "претърпявам"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "experimentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "patir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "經歷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīnglì",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "经历"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiēshòu",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "接受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "進行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnxíng",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "进行"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "gennomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "ondergaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "läpikäydä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "subir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "experimentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gancda",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "განცდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaṭana",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "გადატანა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "durchmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "páskhō",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "πάσχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "megtapasztal"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "patior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "subeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "gjennomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "gjennomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przechodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przejść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "doświadczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "doświadczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "passar por"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "experienciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "проходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podvergátʹsja",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "подверга́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "experimentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to experience",
      "word": "genomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "məruz qalmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ponasjam",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "понасям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "suportar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénshòu",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "承受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rěnshòu",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "忍受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "經受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīngshòu",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "经受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zāoshòu",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "遭受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiēshòu",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "接受"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "podstoupit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "gennomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "ondergaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "subir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "sufrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "páskhō",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "πάσχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "sibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "elvisel"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "subisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "soffrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "sottoporsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "patior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "subeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "undergaon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "ündergahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "ünnergahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to punishment",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "ngahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üzex",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "үзэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "gjennomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "gjennomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "drēogan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "sofrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispýtyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "испы́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perenosítʹ",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "переноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "sufrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "soportar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "padecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "genomgå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "gå igenom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to suffer or endure",
      "word": "undergå"
    }
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}

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