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undergo

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Scrabble points
9
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12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/
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/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/ · /ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/

Definition of undergo

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To experience; to pass through a phase.
    “The project is undergoing great changes.”
    “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.”
    “The women underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow that happen with brain activity, while being shown images of their grandchild, another child they didn’t know, an adult they didn’t know, and the same-sex parent of their grandchild.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To experience; to pass through a phase.
    “The project is undergoing great changes.”
    “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.”
    “The women underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow that happen with brain activity, while being shown images of their grandchild, another child they didn’t know, an adult they didn’t know, and the same-sex parent of their grandchild.”
  2. (transitive)To suffer or endure; bear with.
    “The victim underwent great trauma.”
    “She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.”
  3. (obsolete, transitive)To go or move under or beneath.

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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”).

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