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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These patients often undergo radiotherapy near the mouth, which can damage salivary glands and reduce saliva production.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
From July 2027, they must also undergo a fitness assessment to determine whether they would be eligible for service should war break out.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 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
So new in fact, that his widow claims he had yet to undergo training for the handling of explosives.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
There are presumably adventures that she— that is that I—can’t undergo and still continue to be herself.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
