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Undo

Definition: Undo

Undo

Verb

1. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions".

2. Deprive of certain characteristics.

3. Cause the ruin or downfall of; "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign".

4. Cause to become loos; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie".

5. Remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "undo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Undo

DomainDefinition

Computing

The cancellation of the effects of a command by restoring the situation as it was before its execution. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Undo

Synonyms: loosen (v), unmake (v), untie (v), unwrap (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: do (v), wrap (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Undo

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Counteraction

Undo, neutralize; counterpoise; (compensate); overpoise.

Destruction

Destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume.

Disjunction

Disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock; (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free; (liberate).

Inaction

Undo, do away with; take down, take to pieces; destroy.

Reversion

Verb: revert, turn back, regress; relapse; recoil; retreat; restore; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Undo

English words defined with "undo": a machineDisannex, disjoin, disjointFordoirreversibleTo reverse an engineUn-, unbelt, unbolt, unbrace, unbraid, unbuckle, unbutton, Unclew, Undid, Unknit, unlace, Unlink, Unmechanize, Unpay, unpick, Unpreach, Unsew, Unstitch, untie, Untuck, untwine, Untwirl, unweave, unwire, Unwork. (references)
Specialty definitions using "undo": Bitecontrol-QSoho!Terminal Oriented Social Science. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Undo" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (to surge, undulate /to flood, wave).

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Modern Usage: Undo

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I had thought of all the things I had done, and couldn't undo. And I longed for a moments peace (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Undo it (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

You thought you had the perfect alibi and it's your alibi that'll undo you. (Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality; writing credit: Larry Cohen; Peter S. Fischer)

But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time, and flung him into the future where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Aku (Samurai Jack; writing credit: Paul Waite)

Now kindly undo these straps (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

Lyrics

Only my faith can undo (Waterfalls; performing artist: TLC)

She's kinda jet set, try undo her panties (Legs; performing artist: ZZ Top)

Movie/TV Titles

Life Has No Undo (2001)

Undo (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Undo

DomainTitle

Books

  • "Kaihorei" go no kyoiku to buraku kaizen undo (reference)

  • Aru kaihatsu hantai undo : "Shibushiwan o sekiyu de yogosuna" jumin undo 12-nen no kiroku (reference)

  • Chosen dokuritsu undo no gunzo : keimo undo kara San®ichi undo e (reference)

  • Hara Takashi no ansatsu to taishu undo bokko (reference)

  • Imin no Nihon kaiki undo (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Undo

AuthorQuotation

Agathon

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Undo

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

It gave him an intense sense of power to know that he could by a single act of consent, in a moment of thought, undo all that he had done

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Undo

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

However, treatment cannot undo the damage to vision and hearing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Undo

"Undo" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 71.84% of the time. "Undo" is used about 316 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)71.84%22719,961
Lexical Verb (base form)28.16%8934,931
                    Total100.00%316N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Undo

Expressions using "undo": undo a knot undo stitches undo the mischief. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "undo": undo-function.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Undo

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Modern Translation: Undo

Language Translations for "undo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zhbëj, zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, iron out, resolve, settle, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), zbërthej (analyse, analyze, break down, crack, decompose, demount, diffract, disarticulate, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismount, disperse, dissolve, Plumb, pull apart, puzzle out, resolve, take to pieces, unbuckle, unbutton, unfasten, unlock, unnail), shthur (disorganize, pollute, Ravel, unbraid, unplait, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist, unweave), shkopsit (unbutton, unfasten), shkopsis (unbutton, unfasten), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fast, finish, finish off, frustrate, liquidate, overturn, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, smite, stultify, trample down, unbuild, unmake, uproot). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فك (break up, chap, detach, disassemble, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disjoint, dismantle, dissociate, disunite, free, jaw, jaws, jowl, loose, loosening, mandible, release, separate, set free, take apart, take to pieces, unfasten, unfix, untangle, untie, untying, unwind), ‏حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏غوى (bait, be seduced, debauch, entice, enticement, seduce, snare, solicit, tempt), ‏حطم (break, break up, crack, dash, disintegrate, extinguish, shatter, shipwreck, shiver, sink, smash, wrack, wreak, wreck), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, vacate), ‏أقلق (agitate, beset, concern, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, ferret, fret, fuss, hop, molest, obsess, peck, perturb, rile, shake up, spook, torment, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry), ‏أغرى (addict, bait, beckon, bring, entice, importune, induce, inveigle, invite, lead on, seduce, suborn, tempt), ‏أصابه بكارثة, ‏أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, frustrate, nullify, override, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, upset, vacate, vitiate, void). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

унищожавам (annihilate, consume, crush, demolish, destroy, devour, eat up, exterminate, extinguish, kill, make away with, neutralize, nullify, pulverize, rip out, ruin, scathe, scotch, smash, smash up, squelch, stamp, tread down, unmake, wipe out, wipe up), разхлабвам (ease, loosen, open, relax, unbend, unbrace, unfasten, ungird, unknot, unlash, unloose, unstrap), разкопчавам (unbutton, unhook), развързвам (cast off, disengage, loose, loosen, solve, unbend, unbind, uncord, unfasten, unknot, unlash, unleash, unstring, untether, untie), развалям (alloy, bitch, blunder, break up, change, contaminate, corrupt, deprave, disaffirm, injure, louse up, mangle, mess about, mess around, muddle, murder, mutilate, nip, perish, queer, spoil, uglify, vitiate), отварям (blow in, break out, open, open up, put up, tear open, throw in, throw open, turn on, unbolt, unseal, unstop, unwrap), отменям (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, quash, raise, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, supersede, wash out, withdraw), опропастявам живота на, премахвам (cut out, delete, do away, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, kill, level, make away with, obviate, put down, remove, rid, rip out, smooth), погубвам (destroy, kill, ruin, subvert). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

解开 (Disengaged, Disengaging, unbuckle, Undid, undoing, undone, unfasten, unfastened, unfastening, unhook, Unhooked, unleash, Unlink, unravel, untangle, untangled, untangling, untie, untied, Untighten, untying, unwind, unwinding, unwound, unwrap, unwrapped). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uvolnit (disembody, disengage, dislodge, free, let loose, loose, relax, release, unfix, unfreeze, unpin, unscrew, unstop, unstrap, untie, vacate, weaken), zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, quash, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), rozvázat (loose, loosen, unbind, uncord, unfasten, unfreeze, unstring, untie, untuck), rozluštit (crack, decipher, find out, puzzle out, solve, unravel, unriddle), rozlepit, rozepnout (spread, unbrace, unbutton, unfasten, unfold, unhook), rozšnìrovat (unlace), otevřít (begin, inaugurate, open, start, start up, throw, unbar, unbolt, unclose, uncork, unlock, unseal), odvolat (abolish, abrogate, annul, call, call away, call back, call off, cancel, countermand, cry off, draw off, recall, recant, renounce, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, swallow, take back, take off, unsay, unswear, withdraw), napravit (correct, make good, manipulate, put right, reclaim, redress, reform, remedy, repair, set). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ophæve kommando (command invalidation, undoing of a command), fortryde kommando (command invalidation, undoing of a command), fortryde (command invalidation, undoing of a command). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

annulatie van een opdracht (command invalidation, undoing of a command). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

واچیدن (Unweave), ضایع کردن (Abuse, Spoil), خنثی کردن (Annul, Counteract, Counterbalance, Discomfit, Negate, Negation, Neuter, Neutralize, Offset, Stultify, Thwart), خراب کردن (Amortize, Botch, Corrupt, Demolish, Destroy, Deteriorate, Devastate, Dilapidate, Disfigure, Impair, Muck, Muddle, Ruin, Ruinate, Unbuild, Unmake, Vitiate, Wrack, Wreck), بی اثرکردن (Counteract, Deactivate, Enervate, Nullify, Void), بی ابروکردن , بازکردن (Disclose, Disengage, Disentangle, Evolve, Solve, Splay, Unbend, Unbrace, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhinge, Unhitch, Unlock, Unpack, Untie, Untwist, Unwreathe), باطل کردن (Abrogate, Annul, Cancel, Disannul, Dispense, Frank, Invalid, Invalidate, Quash). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tuhota (annihilate, damage, destroy, devastate, lay waste, ruin, wreck), purkaa (demolish, discharge, dismantle, pull down, take apart, take out, take to pieces, unbox, unload, unpack, unpick), peruutus (annulment, cancellation, withdrawal), peruminen (command invalidation, undoing of a command), päästää auki (open, unbutton, unlace, untie), komennon peruutus (command invalidation, undoing of a command), komennon peruminen (command invalidation, undoing of a command), irrottaa (detach, disconnect, free, loosen, remove, unbind, unfasten, untie), avata (inaugurate, open, switch on, turn on, unbuckle, unbutton, uncork, unfasten, unhook, unlock, unstrap, untie, unwrap). (various references)

   

French

  

suborner, séduire, ouvrir (unbar, unbolt, unfasten, unlatch, unlock, unseal, unstop, untwist, unwrap, unzip), inversion d'une commande (undoing of a command), invalidation d'une commande (undoing of a command), fonction "défaire" (undoing of a command), ennuyer, dénouer (unravel, untie), défont, défaisons, défais, défaire (unclasp, unfasten, unhook, unpack, unpick, unravel, unstop, unswathe, untie, untwist, unwrap), annuler, annulation d'une commande (undoing of a command). (various references)

   

German

  

ungeschehen machen, Ungültigkeitserklärung eines Befehls (command invalidation, undoing of a command), das letzte zurücknehmen, abbinden (strangulate, untie), abmachen (agree, agree on, arrange, settle, take down, take off, unfix, untack), abschnallen (be staggered, unfasten, unfasten one's seatbelt, unstrap), anulieren, aufbinden (make smb. fall for, tie on, tie up straight, to turn up, turn up, unlace, untie), aufknöpfen (unbutton), aufknüpfen (hang, string up, untie), aufknoten (unknot, untie), auflösen (analyse, break off, break up, cancel, clear up, close, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, dispel, disperse, dissolve, eliminate, let loose, liquidate, melt, resolve, solve, terminate, to disband, to disintegrate, to dissolve, to sever, wind up), aufmachen (cut open, feature, get up, let out, loosen, make up, open, open out, open up, opening, put up, to open up, uncap, unclasp, unfasten, unstop, unzip), aufschnüren (unlace, untie), öffnen (lance, open, open up, opening, opens, to open, unbolt, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, unlock, unseal, unstop), aufziehen (arrange, back, breed, bring up, come up, draw back, draw up, educate, foster, haul up, hoist, hoist up, Josh, kid, lead on, let up, make fun of, march up, mother, Mount, mounting, pull open, pull up, put on, rag, raise, ravel out, razz, rear, set up, slip on, strech, stretch, tease, to razz, to twit, to wind up, twit, uncork, unravel, untie, wind, wind up, zoom out), zunichte machen (cancel out, destroy, dish, do for, kill, negate, ruin, shatter, snuff, sweep away, to foil, wipe out, wreck), entknoten (unknot, unravel, untie), lösen (break off, buy, cancel, cast off, cutting, detach, disengage, dislodge, dissolve, ease, let off, loosen, release, remove, resolve, sever, severance, solve, sort out, tackle, take off, to detach, to part, to tackle, unbind, unclasp, unfasten, unfix, unfold, unloose, unravel, unstick, untie, work out), losbinden (unbid, unbind, unclamp, unhitch, unloose, unrope, untie), rückgängig machen (call off, cancel, countermand, go back on, reverse, to annul), rückgängig Machen eines Befehls (command invalidation, undoing of a command), ruinieren (blast, break, destroy, dilapidate, Mar, mess up, ruin, scuttle, spoil, to ruin, wreck), trennen (decollate, detach, differentiate, disconnect, dissociate, dissolve, distinguish, divide, divorce, drag apart, part, pull apart, remove, segregate, separate, separate out, sever, shut off, sift, slit, split up, take away, to decollate, to disassociate, to disconnect, to disjoin, to disrupt, to dissociate, to disunite, to part, to secede, to segregate, to separate, to sever, to sunder, unpick), vernichten (abrogate, annihilate, blast, blight, consume, crush, damn, defeat, destroy, do away with, exterminate, kill, kill off, obliterate, put down, quash, to annihilate, to blast, to crush, to defeat, to demolish, to destroy, to kill), zertrennen (cut through, disjoint, sever, to disjoint), auftrennen (ravel out, unpick, unstitch). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξεκουμπώνω (unbuckle). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"תיר (disengage, loose, release, unfasten, unharness, untie, unwind), ל"שיב " עש", ל"חזיר לק"מותו (restore), לבטל " עש", לבטל (abolish, annul, cancel, invalidate, nullify, revoke, set aside, suspend). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

visszacsinál (to undo, to unmake, undid, undone, unmade), kibont (extricate, let down, loosen, to break open, to disassemble, to disentangle, to loose, to loosen, to solve, to unfold, to unfurl, to unknot, to unloose, to unpin, to untie, to untwist, uncurl, unfurl, unpin, unwrap), felbont (resolve, to break down, to break up, to dissolve, to ravel, to ravel out, to unfold, unfold, unpick, unseal). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

melepaskan (disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, dislocate, relinquish, unbend, unscrew, waive). (various references)

   

Italian

  

slacciare (loose, loosen, unbuckle, unfasten, unlace), sganciare (be unhooked, ckeck off, drop, fork out, tick off, uncouple, unfasten, unhook), sciogliere (be dissolved, break up, crack, deatch, detach, disband, dissolve, loose, loosen, melt, release, render, resolve, set free, shake out, solve, thaw, unbend, unbind, unchain, unfix, untie), rovinare (be ruined, blast, blight, break, collapse, crash, damn, demolish, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, kill, nip, pull down, put pay, ruin, scuttle, shatter, spoil, waste, wreck), distruggere (abolishes, blast, consume, dash, destroy, exterminate, kill, nip, obliterate, overwhelm, quash, rase, raze, shatter, shoot down, smash, smash up, tear apart, unmake, wreck), disfare un comando (command invalidation, undoing of a command), disfare (defeat, destroy, melt, take down, unfasten, unmake, unpack, unravel, untie, unwrap, wreck), annullare un comando (command invalidation, undoing of a command), annullamento di un comando (command invalidation, undoing of a command). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アンデス山脈 (ampersand sign, and, Andes, android, Andromeda, antonym, entree, entrepreneurship, independents, undead). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アンドゥ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

원상태로 돌리십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

rassey (cancellation; seed, demolish; tearing, rend, rending, rip, rip up, scratch, tear, undo as knitting, undoing), feaysley (dispensation, ease, emancipation, extricate, extrication, free, guess, key, liberate, loosen, looseness, puzzle out, ransom, release, relief, relieve, solution, solve, unbutton, uncouple, unfix). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ounday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

soltar (cob, discharge from, drop, extricate, free, give off, give over, heave, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, open, release, relinquish, set free, set up, slacken, throw, unbend, unbind, unbrace, uncage, unchain, unclasp, unfasten, unfetter, unfix, unhand, unleash, unlink, unshackle, unstrap, untwine, utter), destruir (blast, butcher, consume, defeat, demolish, depredate, destroy, devour, dilapidate, douse, eat, end, explode, extinguish, finish off, havoc, impair, kill, mine, obliterate, override, overwhelm, poison, puncture, quash, quench, rase, ravage, raze, reave, reive, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, subvert, tear down, unmake, wipe out, wrack, wreck), desfazer (dash, disincorporate, disjoint, dismount, disrupt, dissolve, fade away, limb, ravel out, unlive, unmake, unpack, unpick, untwine, unweave), desatar (loose, open, slip, unbind, unbrace, unbuckle, uncord, unfasten, unlace, untie), desamarrar (loose, loosen, unbind, uncord, unfasten, unlace, unmoor, untie), desafivelar (unbuckle), desabotoar (unbutton, unclasp, unfasten), arruinar (blight, break, crack, decay, demolish, depredate, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, fling, injure, mar, mine, puncture, ravage, reave, reive, ruin, spoil, unmake, waste), anulação de um comando (command invalidation, undoing of a command). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ruina (bankrupt, blast, blight, crock, destroy, dilapidate, impair, Mar, overturn, ravage, ruin, sink), nimici (annihilate, bear, blight, crush, cut, dash, destroy, do smb. in, exterminate, extinguish, kill, overwhelm, raze, scathe, smash, unmake, wipe out, wither), distruge (abolish, annihilate, blast, blight, confound, crash, crock, cut, cut to pieces, cut up, dash, decay, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, disrupt, eat into, eat through, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, lay waste, make havoc of, Mar, obliterate, overturn, overwhelm, perish, play the deuce with, play the devil with, quash, ravage, raze, reduce, ruin, scathe, scatter, scotch, shatter, shipwreck, sink, spoil, squelch, strafe, subvert, tear, unmake, wreck), deznoda (solve, unknot, untie), dezlega (absolve, disentangle, emancipate, free, loose, loosen, separate, sever, solve, unbind, uncord, unfasten, unloose, unravel, untie), despleti (loose, loosen, unplait, untwine), desfiinţa (abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy, disband, disestablish, dissolve, level away, liquidate, neutralize, repeal, suppress, uproot), desface (cleave, disassemble, disconnect, disentangle, dismantle, dissolve, free, knock down, loose, loosen, open, outstretch, pick up, pry, sever, sprawl, spread, unbind, uncouple, unfold, unfurl, unlace, unloose, unravel, unrig, untie), descoase, descheia (unbutton), bucãţi (asunder, disjoint, divide, Flinders, in pieces, take apart, take to pieces), anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, vacate, vitiate). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уничтожать сделанное, расстегивать (unbuckle, unbutton, unfasten, unzip), распороть (rip saw, unpick, unstitch), развязывать (decouple, unbind, uncord, unlace, untie), разбирать (analyse, analyze, construe, decipher, demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismount, make out, take apart, take to pieces, unmake), отменять отмена (cancel, cancelling). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ukinuti (abolish, abrogate, call off, cancel, discontinue, nullify, quash, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside), rasplesti (unplait, unravel), raspakovati (unpack), otkopčati (unbutton, unclasp, unstrap), opovrgnuti (confute, deny, rebut, refute, unsay), odviti (unfold, unscrew, unwind), odvijati (unroll, unwind), odvezati (unbind, uncord, unfasten, untie). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reparar (cavil, fix, make good, patch up, recondition, repair, retrieve), invalidación de un comando (command invalidation, undoing of a command), deshacer (break, break up, leak, smash, tear, tear up, throw over, unpack), desatar (loose, loosen, unbind, untie), desabrochar (let out, unbutton, unclasp, unfasten), cancelar (annul, call off, cancel, countermand, delete, erase, repudiate, scratch, spread, to cancel, wipe out, write off, zap), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, avoid, cancel, countermand, defeat, destroy, discontinue, invalidate, negate, negative, nullify, override, overrule, overturn, quash, remit, repudiate, rescind, revoke, ring finger, scrub, set aside, void, write off), abrir (beat, beat out, blast, break, cut open, dehisce, discover, draw, drive, expose, open, open up, opening, pick, plough, plow, put up, set up, sharpen, shell, start, tread, tread down, turn on, turn up, unbar, unburden, uncurl, unfold, zip, zip open, zip up). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ångra (be sorry about, escape, regret, repent, rue). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

telâfi etmek (atone, atone for, compensate, make up, make up for, overcompensate, recoup, recover, recuperate, redeem, redress, repair, repay, retrieve, right), sökmek (cut loose, demount, detach, disassemble, disjoint, dismantle, dismount, knock down, Ravel, ravel out, read, rip, rip off, slit, spring, take down, tear down, unfix, unpick, unravel, unrig, unstitch), mahvetmek (bang up, bankrupt, barbarize, be ruin of smb., beat smb. hollow, bring to ruin, bugger, bugger up, canker, cook, corrupt, cut up, damn, destroy, devastate, dish, do for, exterminate, finish, kill, knock into a cocked hat, lay in ruins, lay low, make havoc of, play havoc with, pulverize, queer, ruin, sink, skunk, slaughter, smash, smash up, split, take smb. to the cleaners, wallop, work havoc, wreck), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), çözmek (break, cipher out, compound, cut loose, decipher, defrost, detach, disengage, disentangle, figure out, loosen, puzzle out, read, reason, resolve, slack, slack up, solve, unbind, unbrace, unbuckle, uncoil, uncouple, unfasten, unfix, ungird, unhitch, unlink, unloose, unpick, unravel, unriddle, unrope, unscramble, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, work out). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розв'язувати (adjust, loosen, unbind, unleash, untie), губити (bereave, lose, ulcerate), відкривати (bare, dedicate, detect, discover, disembosom, find, open, reveal, unbosom, unclose, unfasten, unlock), анулювати (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, bar, cancel, defeat, disannul, elide, null, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, wash out, withdraw). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

mysgu (loose), datod (dissolve, untie), dadwneud (unmake), andwyo (harm, ruin, spoil). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Undo

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

dis-, explico, laxare, resolvere. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Undo

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 13, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintWV de eplhrou o iwannhV ton dromon elegen tina me uponoeite einai ouk eimi egw all idou ercetai met eme ou ouk eimi axioV to upodhma twn podwn lusai
Latin405VulgateCum impleret autem Iohannes cursum suum dicebat quem me arbitramini esse non sum ego sed ecce venit post me cuius non sum dignus calciamenta pedum solvere
Middle English1395WyclifBut whanne Joon fillide his cours, he seide, Y am not he, whom ye demen me to be; but lo! he cometh aftir me, and Y am not worthi to doon of the schoon of hise feet.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd when Iohn had fulfylled his course he sayde: whome ye thinke that I am the same am I not. But beholde ther cometh one after me whose shewes of his fete I am not worthy to lowse.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

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Matched Bible Translations: Undo

LanguageActs Chapter 13, Verse 25
AlbanianDhe, kur Gjoni po e përfundonte misionin e tij, tha: "Cili pandehni se jam unë? Unë nuk jam Krishti; por ja, pas meje vjen një, të cilit unë nuk jam i denjë t'i zgjidh sandalet e këmbëve".
CebuanoUg sa naghinapos na si Juan sa iyang paningkamot, siya miingon, `Unsa may inyong pagdahum kanako? Ako dili mao siya, hinonoa, sa akong ulahi adunay umaabut, nga sa mga sapin sa iyang mga tiil dili gani ako takus sa pagbadbad.`
CroatianA kad je Ivan dovršavao svoju trku, govorio je: 'Nisam ja onaj za koga me vi držite. Nego za mnom evo dolazi onaj komu ja nisam dostojan odriješiti obuæe na nogama.'"
DanishMen da Johannes var ved at fuldende sit Løb, sagde han: "Hvad anse I mig for at være? Mig er det ikke; men se, der kommer en efter mig, hvis Sko jeg ikke er værdig at løse."
DutchDoch als Johannes den loop vervulde, zeide hij: Wien meent gijlieden, dat ik ben? Ik ben de Christus niet; maar ziet, Hij komt na mij, Wien ik niet waardig ben de schoenen Zijner voeten te ontbinden.
FinnishMutta kun Johannes oli juoksunsa päättävä, sanoi hän: `En minä ole se, joksi minua luulette; mutta katso, minun jälkeeni tulee se, jonka kenkiä minä en ole arvollinen jaloista riisumaan`.
FrenchEt lorsque Jean achevait sa course, il disait: Je ne suis pas celui que vous pensez; mais voici, après moi vient celui des pieds duquel je ne suis pas digne de délier les souliers.
GermanDa aber Johannes seinen Lauf erfüllte, sprach er: "Ich bin nicht der, für den ihr mich haltet; aber siehe, er kommt nach mir, des ich nicht wert bin, daß ich ihm die Schuhe seiner Füße auflöse."
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDan menjelang akhir pekerjaannya, Yohanes berkata kepada orang-orang, 'Siapakah saya ini menurut pendapat kalian? Saya bukan Orang yang kalian tunggu-tunggu. Ingat, Orang itu akan datang sesudah saya; untuk membuka sepatu-Nya pun saya tidak layak.'
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTatkala Yahya sedang menyempurnakan pekerjaannya, berkatalah ia: Siapa kamu sangkakan aku ini? Aku ini bukannya Dia, tetapi sesungguhnya adalah seorang yang datang kemudian daripadaku, yang aku ini menanggalkan kasut daripada kaki-Nya pun tiada berlayak.
MaoriA ka tutuki a Hoani ki tona tutukitanga, ka mea ia, Ko wai koia ahau ki to koutou whakaaro? ehara ra ahau i a ia. Engari tera te haere mai ana tetahi i muri i ahau, ko ona hu e kore ahau e tau hei wewete.
NorwegianMen da Johannes fullendte sitt løp, sa han: Den I holder mig for å være, er jeg ikke; men se, det kommer en efter mig, hvis sko jeg ikke er verdig til å løse av hans føtter.
RumanianWi Ioan, cknd era la sfkrwitul knsqrcinqrii lui, zicea: ,,Cine credeyi cq sknt eu? Nu sknt Acela; ci iatq cq dupq mine vine Unul, cqruia eu nu sknt vrednic sq -i desleg kncqlyqmintea picioarelor.``
ShuarTura Juansha ni Jákatniuri jeatemamtai, chichaak "Atum Enentáimtarmena Núchaitjai. Wikia Yusa anaikiamuri, Kristu tutai, Nákarmena Núchaitjai. Antsu Ninkia winia ukunmarui winittiawai. Tura Niisha Wíjiainkia ti nankaamantu asamtai wikia sapatrincha atitrataj Tíchamniaitjai" Tímiayi.'
SpanishEntonces, cuando Juan terminaba su carrera, decía: "¿Quién pensáis que yo soy? Yo no lo soy. Más bien, he aquí viene tras mí uno de quien yo no soy digno de desatar el calzado de sus pies."
SwahiliYohane alipokuwa anamaliza ujumbe wake aliwaambia watu: `Mnadhani mimi ni nani? Mimi si yule mnayemtazamia. Huyo anakuja baada yangu na mimi sistahili hata kuzifungua kamba za viatu vyake.`
SwedishOch när Johannes höll på att fullborda sitt lopp, sade han: 'Vad I menen mig vara, det är jag icke. Men se, efter mig kommer den vilkens skor jag icke är värdig att lösa av han fötter.'
UmaNeo' hudu-mi pobago-na Yohanes, na'uli' -raka ntodea: `Ntuku' pomporataa-ni, hema-a aku' toi-e? Bela-kuwo aku' Magau' to nipopea. Rata moto-i mpai' ane oti-pi bago-ku. Bangku' jadi' pahawaa' -na to mpobongka koloro sapatu' -na, uma-a-kuwo natao.'

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Undo

Derivations

Words beginning with "undo": undoable, undocile, undock, undocked, undocking, undocks, undoctored, undoctrinaire, undocumented, undoer, undoers, undoes, undogmatic, undogmatically, undoing, undoings, undomestic, undomesticated, undone, undotted, undouble, undoubled, undoubles, undoubling, undoubtable, undoubted, undoubtedly, undoubting. (additional references)

Words containing "undo": groundout, groundouts, gundog, gundogs, rundown, rundowns, sundog, sundogs, sundown, sundowner, sundowners, sundowns. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Undo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aandoo, ando, Andov, Cndo, Dundon, endoo, fundo, Gundu, Hundio, Jundu, kndo, lundi, mnbdo, Mndo, Muendo, mundum, ndo, nudo, numo, odno, rundhof, ucdc, Udh, udi, udj, Udn, udo, udon, Udu, Ufdc, ufdrop, uldb, umdo, umo, Uncd, unda, Undc, Undd, unden, undi, undog, undon, undos, undow, unds, undu, undub, undy, unido, Unld, unvon, updo, urdo, usdoe, Usdor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Undo"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "undo" (pronounced unduw")
4u n d uw"undue.

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Anagrams: Undo

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-n-o-u"

-1 letter: don, dun, duo, nod, oud, udo.

-2 letters: do, no, nu, od, on, un.

 Words containing the letters "d-n-o-u"
 

+1 letter: bound, donut, fondu, found, hound, mound, nodus, pound, round, sound, vodun, wound.

 

+2 letters: abound, adnoun, around, bonduc, bounds, diuron, donuts, dugong, durion, enduro, fondue, fondus, founds, ground, guidon, gundog, hounds, jocund, louden, mounds, nodous, nodule, obtund, osmund, pounds, rotund, rounds, soudan, sounds, stound, sundog, swound, undock, undoer, undoes, undone, unfold, unfond, unhood, unipod, unload, unmold, unshod, unsold, untold, untrod, vodoun, voduns, wounds, zounds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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