undergo

Meanings

• verb

  suffer or undergo (a process or treatment)

• verb

  experience or suffer through (something unpleasant)

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Synonyms

go through , take , undercome , brook , put up with

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with undergo
go , flow , glow , show , know , so , mow , tow

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Homophones

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1. undergo (English) : to experience or suffer through (something unpleasant)
   

2. undergo (English) : to lie beneath
   

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Variants

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undergo , undergoes , undergoing , undergone , underwent

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Forms

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I undergo, you undergo, he/she/it undergoes, we undergo, they undergo

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to go under' or 'to lie under'. This sense developed in Old English from under 'beneath' + gan 'to go'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'undergo' is often used in scientific and medical contexts to describe the process of undergoing an experiment or treatment.

2. Undergo is an irregular verb, meaning its past tense and past participle forms do not follow the regular pattern of adding -ed to the base form.

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Related Concepts

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1. process: Undergo is often used in conjunction with a process, such as 'undergo a medical procedure' or 'undergo training'.

2. change: Undergo implies undergoing some kind of change or transformation, such as 'undergo a metamorphosis' or 'undergo a phase'.

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Culture

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Undergo has been used in various literary works, such as in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' where Lady Macbeth urges her husband to 'undergo' the necessary steps to gain power. In music, the term 'undergo' can be found in the title of a song by the band 'Tool' named 'Underneath the Empty Sky'.

How to Memorize "undergo"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person lying down under a heavy object, symbolizing the idea of 'going under' or 'suffering through' something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'undergo' with words like 'suffer', 'experience', and 'undergo a change'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic like 'Underneath the Ego, Go On' to remember the meaning of 'undergo'.

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