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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And beyond his outsize presence on the course, Woods has played a leading role reshaping the PGA Tour while it prepares to undergo significant change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
He said he would like his body to undergo terramation, when his time finally comes.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
And I would give almost anything not to have to worry about my next set of scans or blood tests or to undergo another marrow biopsy.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
Typically, a major media deal of this size and complexity would undergo heavy regulatory review.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Kamen could not fathom how Lawrence expected to be immune from courtroom questioning; he supposed, undoubtedly correctly, that Ernest was “not prepared to undergo the trauma of an adversary confrontation.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.