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WordNet
The Tower of Babel is being built. Hard work is being done everywhere, in the foreground materials are being prepared for the construction of the tower. Around the tower a circle of ovens that are heated high. Below the image a reference to the Bible text in Gen. 11.
The Tower of Babel is being built. Hard work is being done everywhere, in the foreground materials are being prepared for the construction of the tower. Around the tower a circle of ovens that are heated high. Below the image a reference to the Bible text in Gen. 11.
  1. (n) donee
    the recipient of funds or other benefits
Illustrations
The construction site where work is being done on the construction of St. Peter's Basilica. Right Emperor Constantine surrounded by clergy and architects. Legend in bottom margin.
The construction site where work is being done on the construction of St. Peter's Basilica. Right Emperor Constantine surrounded by clergy and architects. Legend in bottom margin.
Woman's bust in oval with coiffure by the French hairdresser Depain: frizzy hair done high on top of a cap with ribbons, roses and different kinds of feathers. The bodice has a low neckline and a double collar; a scarf is tied around the neck. The print is part of the series Coiffures de Depain, Troisième suite, de la période révolutionnaire, c. 1790.
Woman's bust in oval with coiffure by the French hairdresser Depain: frizzy hair done high on top of a cap with ribbons, roses and different kinds of feathers. The bodice has a low neckline and a double collar; a scarf is tied around the neck. The print is part of the series Coiffures de Depain, Troisième suite, de la période révolutionnaire, c. 1790.
The walls in Jerusalem are being rebuilt. Hard work is being done everywhere, materials are being prepared and transported.
The walls in Jerusalem are being rebuilt. Hard work is being done everywhere, materials are being prepared and transported.
The Spring season. In a country house, work is done in the garden under the supervision of an elegant lady. On the right a vegetable garden and sheep shearing on the farm. 4-line caption in Latin. Unnumbered.
The Spring season. In a country house, work is done in the garden under the supervision of an elegant lady. On the right a vegetable garden and sheep shearing on the farm. 4-line caption in Latin. Unnumbered.
Mary Magdalene is sitting at a dressing table while her hair is being done. On the left her sister Marta, who points out her vanity and tries to make her repent. This print is part of an album.
Mary Magdalene is sitting at a dressing table while her hair is being done. On the left her sister Marta, who points out her vanity and tries to make her repent. This print is part of an album.
Bamboo rafts, on which the laundry is done, in the Tjiliwoeng at Meester Cornelis in Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies
Bamboo rafts, on which the laundry is done, in the Tjiliwoeng at Meester Cornelis in Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies
Presumably the Waterkant in Paramaribo, where work is being done on the construction of the railway, probably the construction of the Lawaspoorweg in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.
Presumably the Waterkant in Paramaribo, where work is being done on the construction of the railway, probably the construction of the Lawaspoorweg in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.
Small stoneware jug on a high foot with a spherical body and narrow neck with pinched spout. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck and foot. The neck was broken and filled with wax. Frechen / Raeren.
Can be done with profiles
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
In the United States, 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were done in the year 2001
  1. Donee
    (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor.
  2. Donee
    The person to whom a gift or donation is made.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Bart Simpson's voice on the Simpsons is actually done by a woman, Nancy Cartwright.
  1. (n) donee
    A person to whom a gift or a donation is made.
  2. (n) donee
    Specifically, in law: One to whom a voluntary conveyance is made.
  3. (n) donee
    One to whom land is conveyed in fee tail.
  4. (n) donee
    An appointee; one to whom a power is given. See power.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You've got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
  1. Donee
    the person to whom a gift is made
Quotations
Sir John Lubbock
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
Sir John Lubbock
Robert Heinlein
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
Robert Heinlein
George Eastman
My work is done why wait.
George Eastman
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.
Betty Bender
Florence Nightingale
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
Florence Nightingale
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Al Bernstein
Idioms

Been there, done that - People say this when they have already experienced what is being discussed.

Do as you would be done by - Treat and respect others as you would hope to be respected and treated by them.

Done to death - If a joke or story has been done to death, it has been told so often that it has stopped being funny.

Easier said than done - If something is easier said than done, it is much more difficult than it sounds. It is often used when someone advises you to do something difficult and tries to make it sound easy.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OF. doné, F. donné, p. p. See the preceding word

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.,—L. donāre, -ātumdonum, a gift—dăre, to give.

Usage in the news

And when you're done at the beach, you're all set to challenge for the WWE heavyweight title. mee.com

One of the strips he believes was done in the mid to late 1920s, the other in the 1950s. tamatoledonews.com

George says they both were "winter projects" meaning they were done during the winter months of one season, not added to over a period of years. tamatoledonews.com

How do you feel that the Bearcat football team has done this year and do they show any hope for next year's season. theantlersamerican.com

Summer vacation is done and over with, and yet another exciting year of learning awaits the students at River Valley High School. appeal-democrat.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Police hunted Tuesday for two gunmen who burst into a Brooklyn beauty salon , killing a 20-year-old man and wounding four bystanders -- including an off-duty police officer who was getting her hair done. usatoday.com

Flint probably does need a superhero, but I don't think some dude in a mask is going to get the job done. banana1015.com

As for Johnson, he says he doesn't recommend any specific pharmaceutical product, because he has done research on "every approved growth-promoting agent used in beef-cattle production". chronicle.com

Christmas tune all done with beer bottle s. cd1059.com

This story follows up on work done by Annette Shapiro, President of the Board of Directors of Beit T'Shuvah in Los Angeles. kcet.org

That's what Johnson City Medical Center (JCMC) has done with its new version of the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System. starhq.com

Now that the June 5 first-round of legislative races is done, we move to the heart of the new top-two primary system: the second round. nbcsandiego.com

No one could have done more than you have done. nytimes.com

When someone tells you they are "getting their hair done," it's natural to envision them sitting in a swivel chair, under a crown of foils, with their old split ends scattered about the floor. bocamag.com

But the next time, you should ask them what they're having done. bocamag.com

Usage in scientific papers

NS thanks the Racah Institute of the Hebrew University for hospitality when some of this work was done.
OM Theory in Diverse Dimensions

This was done by Bidigare for hyperplane face semigroups, and the proof in general is identical.
Semigroups, rings, and Markov chains

The ring-theoretic version of what we have just done goes as follows.
Semigroups, rings, and Markov chains

It is not clear from what we have done so far that d(L) ≥ 0, though we know this is true if L is geometric, since it is the multiplicity mˆ0 .
Semigroups, rings, and Markov chains

An recent work done by Peyrard and coworkers answered it confirmatively, while the numerical work of Cule and Hwa suggested that the transition behavior is still of second order.
Force-Induced Melting and Thermal Melting of a Double-Stranded Biopolymer

Usage in literature

And as the thing has to be done, it shall be done quickly. "Kept in the Dark" by Anthony Trollope

What was done was done! "The Long Roll" by Mary Johnston

If any whuppin' had to be done, he done it. "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States" by Work Projects Administration

Now he is threatening that he {will} also {do} that which is usually done to ravishers; a thing that I never saw done, nor wish to. "The Comedies of Terence" by Publius Terentius Afer, (AKA) Terence

Dar's a heap o' ways ter tell fortunes dat she done tol' me but I'se done forgot now 'cept coffee groun's an' a little of de others. "Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States" by Various

If it were to be done it should be done at once. "Orley Farm" by Anthony Trollope

We all know that Dick Darke has done whatever hez been done. "The Death Shot" by Mayne Reid

Whatever was done must be done by him, and at once. "Janet's Love and Service" by Margaret M Robertson

We've done all he's done and more, and we've no better result than he had. "The Heart of Unaga" by Ridgwell Cullum

But God's will be done; God's will be done. "Miss Mackenzie" by Anthony Trollope

Usage in poetry
Father, Thy will be done
Oh make my will the same!
And teach me in this trying hour,
To glorify Thy name.
Small feet that nevermore
About the house shall run;
Thy little life is o’er!
Thy little journey done!
Oh, will the footsteps never be done?
The insolent feet
Thronging the street,
Forsaken now of the only one.
If his life be meek and pure,
Moral as his preaching,
Even him I can endure,
When he hath done his teaching.
WE that have done and thought,
That have thought and done,
Must ramble, and thin out
Like milk spilt on a stone.
No duty could overtask him,
No need his will outrun;
Or ever our lips could ask him,
His hands the work had done.