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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The flight's four cabin crew members also helped, with Delta Air Lines saying they "undergo comprehensive medical training to assist during situations like this."
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Couples who plan to undergo in vitro fertilization are increasingly addressing custody of frozen embryos in prenups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Edwin Díaz, the closer the Dodgers signed for $69 million, is scheduled to undergo elbow surgery Wednesday and is not expected to return until after the All-Star break.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The stars themselves also undergo precession, but for a different reason.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
There are presumably adventures that she— that is that I—can’t undergo and still continue to be herself.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing undergo
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