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undergo

[uhn-der-goh] / ˌʌn dərˈgoʊ /


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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These patients often undergo radiotherapy near the mouth, which can damage salivary glands and reduce saliva production.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Doncic will undergo an MRI on Friday on the left hamstring injury he suffered in a 43-point loss to the Thunder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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

“Don't let me undergo the indignity of dying in the stocks in these women's clothes,” he said to him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez