undergo
Meaning
- To experience; to pass through a phase.
- To suffer or endure; bear with.
- (obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
Synonyms
become popular
be subject to
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
un‧der‧go
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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