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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Unlike fresh or minimally processed foods, these products undergo extensive industrial processing.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Rob said he flew back to Australia and was the first in the country to undergo robotic surgery in a single-port operation.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
If a stool or blood test comes back positive, the recommendations say those patients should then undergo a colonoscopy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
And there’s still lots we don’t know about how these drugs work on the brain, even though thousands of patients undergo a general anesthetic every day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Just being able to recognize whether a melody goes up or down is a big step, and an important auditory-cognitive process for children to undergo.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing undergo
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