undergone

verb

past participle of undergo
as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it some people undergo a complete transformation while away at college

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Recent Examples of undergone The alley has undergone several updates over the decades, including a renovation during the Clinton administration. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Sometime in the last million or so years, the snail had undergone a whole-genome duplication. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026 Leonardo Sanchez, a 49-year-old Cuban man who lived in Lehigh Acres near Fort Myers before being deported to Equatorial Guinea, has undergone surgeries for life-threatening injuries. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Food and drink This is one aspect of The Oberoi Mumbai that has undergone a complete overhaul over the years, adapting standard five-star dining menus to a more focused and exciting culinary program. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 Lara, meanwhile, uses a wheelchair more frequently than her siblings and has undergone major back surgery roughly every two years since joining the McClanahan family. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 Ng said that the process has undergone some small improvements over time. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 The Vincent Thomas Bridge, a key route for trucks moving cargo to and from the Port of Los Angeles, has undergone a redecking project since late March that has forced some streets in the surrounding area to close. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 Villa have undergone a summer of significant change with Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Ezri Konsa and Lucas Digne all departing Unai Emery’s squad, while the futures of Emiliano Martinez is also uncertain and Watkins is set to depart. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergone
  1. experienced
  2. seen
  3. known
  4. witnessed
Verb
  • The city experienced a recent peak of 719 homicides in 2022, a year before Johnson took office, and ended last year with 416, according to Chicago police statistics.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In Montpelier, Vermont, a city that has experienced significant flooding through the years, arborist Joseph Ferris stands next to a giant elm tree that has stood in the state’s capital since the late 1800s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of experienced
Verb
  • The Cubs have seen their once sizeable hold on the NL’s top wild-card spot evaporate over the last 10 days between a tough West Coast trip and dropping their weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Chelsea fans will be well aware of this, having seen Mauricio Pochettino and Enzo Maresca get the most out of Palmer by implementing a more direct style.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of seen
Verb
  • There, the tyrannical February has condemned its inhabitants to eternal winter and forbids them from flying, while a masked resistance movement known as The Solution fights to restore light and freedom.
    — Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • South Dakota has small data centers but none of the large centers, known as hyper-scale, that have proliferated elsewhere.
    — Des Moines Register, States Newsroom, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of known
Verb
  • There has been much similar chatter this week after the sports landscape witnessed a virtual ghost town at the USC opener against San José State Saturday at the Coliseum.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Kayla Schultz, a twenty-five-year-old who works in health care and witnessed Alex Pretti being killed by immigration-enforcement officers, photographed in her home, May, 2026.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of witnessed

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“Undergone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergone. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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