undergo
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
- Hyphenation: un‧der‧go
Verb edit
undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)
- (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
- Synonyms: go through, take, undercome
- The project is undergoing great changes.
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, 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.
- (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.
- Synonyms: brook, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
- The victim underwent great trauma.
- She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
- (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
Translations edit
to experience
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to suffer or endure
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