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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“Flight attendants undergo extensive, ongoing training to manage a wide range of onboard scenarios.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Another letter says staff must undergo mandatory “cultural competency training that focuses on residents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Companies wanting to take part must undergo a special authorisation process, including to rule out any Russian ties, before they can purchase weapons and train their staff.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
She is due to undergo pelvic floor surgery in the private sector as she has been told she would have to wait at least six years within the NHS.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“No, of course it isn’t necessary. But some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone. I’d like to undergo something nobly. Don’t you see?”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing undergo
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