undergo
verb
un·der·go
ˌən-dər-ˈgō 
underwent
ˌən-dər-ˈwent
; undergone
ˌən-dər-ˈgȯn
; undergone
ˌən-dər-ˈgȯn
also -ˈgän
; undergoing
ˌən-dər-ˈgō-iŋ
-ˈgȯ(-)iŋ
1
: to submit to : endure
2
: to go through : experience
undergo a transformation
3
obsolete
: undertake
4
obsolete
: to partake of
Examples of undergo in a Sentence
She will have to undergo an operation.
some people undergo a complete transformation while away at college
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Recently, the company underwent a bit of a refresh and now goes by Church’s Texas Chicken instead of Church’s but the quality and glistening honey-butter biscuits remain the same.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Severance, the extremely popular Apple TV+ series about office workers who undergo brain surgery so that their home selves have no knowledge or memory of their working selves, and vice versa, is often described as science fiction.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
That means the cream and its ingredients haven’t undergone animal testing.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Undergo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergo. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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undergo
verb
un·der·go
ˌən-dər-ˈgō
1
: endure sense 2
undergo an operation
2
: to pass through : experience
undergoing a change
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