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undergo.

To experience; to pass through a phase.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/General-American/ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To experience; to pass through a phase.

    transitive
    The project is undergoing great changes.
  2. To suffer or endure; bear with.

    transitive
    The victim underwent great trauma.
    She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
  3. To go or move under or beneath.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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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