undergo
Usage
What is another way to say undergo?
Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation. Experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment.
Example Sentences
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A patient at Wrexham's Maelor Hospital attended a dermatology one-stop clinic after being referred through an Urgent Suspected Cancer clinical pathway, and underwent cryotherapy treatment in which cancer cells undergo extreme cold treatment.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Under light exposure, these compounds typically undergo unwanted side reactions that interfere with the desired process.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
"The WHO had to, and was able to, undergo profound reform in the midst of the emergency."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The MV Hondius, the ship where the outbreak occurred, will undergo cleaning and disinfecting after it arrives in the Netherlands Monday, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
But before the new genre could become a universally addictive sensation it needed to undergo some fine-tuning, particularly in its choice of instruments.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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