undergo

Meaning

1. To experience; to pass through a phase.
2. To suffer or endure; bear with.
3. (obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.

Concepts

undergo

experience

suffer

go through

endure

bear

feel

sustain

ache

hurt

taste

tolerate

pass

be subject to

accept

become popular

catch

receive

take

undertake

encounter

brave

risk

drudge

have

meet

try

come in for

exist

incur

subsist

calendar

event

history

derive

get

see

approved

pass through

occur

penetrate

transcend

put up with

Hyphenated as

un‧der‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/

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”).