Adjective

(en adjective)

Helpful or good to something or someone.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

(of food) Ready, fully cooked.

As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.

In a state of having completed or finished an activity.

He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."

They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.

Being exhausted or fully spent.

When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.

Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.

Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !

What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!