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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Joby manufactures about one aircraft per month and is working on the production version that will undergo the Federal Aviation Administration certification process, Cecutta said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Applicants will have to undergo identity and criminal record checks and demonstrate they meet the requirements, as opposed to just inputting their details.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"The WHO had to, and was able to, undergo profound reform in the midst of the emergency."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
In the short-term study, patients with advanced pancreatic cancer undergo biopsies before and after receiving a drug called OMO-103.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Even their speech is colored and shaped by what they must undergo.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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