undergo

/ˈʌndərˌgoʊ/

/əndəˈgʌʊ/

Other forms: undergone; underwent; undergoing

Undergo means "endure until something is complete." You might undergo testing to check your hearing or undergo special training if you want to volunteer at a homeless shelter.

The verb undergo means "experience" or "undertake." It is often used to describe medical procedures, such as, an injured quarterback who will undergo shoulder surgery. The word implies that it is something that has to happen so that a positive change occurs, like healing in the case of the quarterback or greater communication skills for a hot-tempered person who undergoes anger management training.

Definitions of undergo

1. verb

   pass through
   “undergo a strange sensation”

   types:

   respire

   undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

   labor, labour

   undergo the efforts of childbirth

   submit, take

   accept or undergo, often unwillingly

   experience, get, have, receive

   go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

   experience, go through, see

   go or live through

   get, have, suffer, sustain

   undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

   experience, know, live

   have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

   test

   undergo a test

   take

   experience or feel or submit to

   endure, suffer

   undergo or be subjected to

   meet, suffer

   undergo or suffer

   feel

   undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"

   enjoy

   have for one's benefit

   horripilate

   have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

   find, see, witness

   perceive or be contemporaneous with

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature