undo

== English == === Pronunciation === (US, UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈduː/ Rhymes: -uː Homophone: undue (yod-dropping) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English undōn, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-West Germanic *andadōn (“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) (transitive) To reverse the effects of an action. (transitive) To unfasten. (transitive, colloquial) To unfasten the clothing of (a person). 1971, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (film) PROSTITUTE: Undo me. There's a dear. (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of. ===== Synonyms ===== (reverse effects): cancel, reverse (unfasten): unbuckle, unbutton, untie, unzip ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “reverse effects”): redo (antonym(s) of “unfasten”): do up, button, button up, tie up, zip, zip up, ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Welsh: andwyo ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== undo (plural undos) (computing) An operation that reverses a previous action. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== undo Misspelling of undue. === Further reading === undo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Anagrams === udon == Latin == === Etymology === From unda (“a wave”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈun.do] === Verb === undō (present infinitive undāre, perfect active undāvī, supine undātum); first conjugation to rise in waves to overflow with, abound in to wave, undulate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Aromanian: undedz, undari → English: undate 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[3], London: Macmillan and Co. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “redound”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Lindu == === Noun === undo flattery == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈunˌdoː/ === Verb === undō inflection of undōn: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive singular imperative