undo
See also: -undo
English
Pronunciation
- (US, UK)[1] IPA(key): /ʌnˈduː/
- Rhymes: -uː
- Homophone: undue (in yod dropping dialects)
Etymology 1
From Middle English undōn, from Old English undōn, ondōn (“to undo; undo that which is open; close; release; absolve; abrogate; destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to un- + do. Cognate with West Frisian ûndwaan, ûntdwaan (“to undo; rid”), Dutch ontdoen (“to undo”).
Verb
undo (third-person singular simple present undoes, present participle undoing, simple past undid, past participle undone)
- To reverse the effects of an action. ant. syn.
- Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
- 2019 April 6, Quinley, Caleb, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 2019-04-06:
- And judging by how well the progressive and youth-favoured party did, many observers suspect this latest round of legal charges are a response to Future Forward's commitment to undo the legacy of military rule and undertake democratic reforms.
- To unfasten. ant. syn.
- Could you undo my buckle for me?
- (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
- 1611, King James Bible
- Woe is me, for I am undone!
- 1611, King James Bible
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to reverse
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to unfasten
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Noun
undo (plural undos)
- (computing) An operation that reverses a previous action.
- How many undos does this program support?
References
- “undo”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Etymology
From unda (“a wave”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.doː/, [ˈʊn.doː]
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: undedz, undari
- English: undate (borrowed)
- Italian: ondare
- Portuguese: undar
- Romanian: unda, undare
- Spanish: ondear
References
- undo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- undo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- undo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing finds credence, is credible: aliquid fidem habet (vid. also fides under sect. VII., History)
- a thing finds credence, is credible: aliquid fidem habet (vid. also fides under sect. VII., History)
- redound in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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