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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He will undergo further testing, according to the team.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
The state’s medical board specified that doctors can empty the uterus of any patient with PPROM, and it requires doctors to undergo training to ensure they know that.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal became the first major-league player to undergo NanoNeedle Scope 2.0 surgery, throwing a bullpen session under two weeks later.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
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
Of course, she must undergo an operation, and afterward—well, she would be her “old self” again.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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