Definitions for undo
ʌnˈduun·do

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. undoverb

   cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect

   "I wish I could undo my actions"

2. unmake, undoverb

   deprive of certain characteristics

3. undoverb

   cause the ruin or downfall of

   "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign"

4. untie, undo, loosenverb

   cause to become loose

   "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"

5. unwrap, undoverb

   remove the outer cover or wrapping of

   "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. undoverb

   To reverse the effects of an action.

   Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.

2. undoverb

   To unfasten.

   Could you undo my buckle for me?

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Undoverb

   preterite undid; participle passive undone.

   Etymology: from do.

   1. To ruin; to bring to destruction.

   As this immoderate favour of the multitude did him no good, so will it undo so many as shall trust unto it. John Hayward.

   Subdued, undone, they did at last obey,
   And change their own for their invader’s way. Wentworth Dillon.

   Where, with like haste, though several ways they run,
   Some to undo, and some to be undone. John Denham.

   Hither ye come, dislike, and so undo
   The players, and disgrace the poet too. John Denham.

   When I behold the charming maid,
   I’m ten times more undone; while hope and fear,
   With variety of pain distract me. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   2. To loose; to open what is shut or fastened; to unravel.

   They false and fearful do their hands undo;
   Brother, his brother; friend doth friend forsake. Philip Sidney.

   Pray undo this button. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   We implore thy powerful hand,
   To undo the charmed band
   Of true virgin here distress’d. John Milton.

   Were men so dull, they cou’d not see
   That Lyce painted, should they flee,
   Like simple birds, into a net,
   So grossly woven and ill-set;
   Her own teeth would undo the knot,
   And let all go that she had got. Edmund Waller.

   3. To change any thing done to its former state; to recall, or annul any action.

   They may know, that we are far from presuming to think that men can better any thing which God hath done, even as we are from thinking, that men should presume to undo some things of men, which God doth know they cannot better. Richard Hooker.

   It was a torment
   To lay upon the damn’d, which Sycorax
   Could not again undo. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   We seem ambitious God’s whole work t’ undo;
   Of nothing he made us, and we strive too,
   To bring ourselves to nothing back. John Donne.

   They make the Deity do and undo, go forward and backwards. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   By granting me so soon,
   He has the merit of the gift undone. Dryden.

   Without this our repentance is not real, because we have not done what we can to undo our fault. John Tillotson.

   Now will this woman, with a single glance,
   Undo what I’ve been labouring all this while. Addison.

   When in time the martial maid
   Found out the trick that Venus play’d,
   She shakes her helm; she knits her brows,
   And, fir’d with indignation, vows,
   Tomorrow e’er the setting sun,
   She’d all undo, that she had done. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. undo

   The Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, (UNDO) (Ukrainian: Українське національно-демократичне об'єднання, УНДО, Ukrayin'ske Natsional'no-Demokratichne Obyednannia, Polish: Ukraińskie Zjednoczenie Narodowo-Demokratyczne) was the largest Ukrainian political party in the Second Polish Republic, active in Western Ukraine. It dominated the mainstream political life of the Ukrainian minority in Poland, which with almost 14% of Poland's population was the largest minority. UNDO was founded in 1925 and dissolved during the Soviet annexation of western Ukraine in 1939. Throughout the interwar years, UNDO enjoyed both German and Soviet financial support.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. undo

   Undo generally refers to the action or process of reversing or canceling the effects of a particular command, action, or decision. It serves to revert a system or situation back to its previous state. This term is often used in relation to computer operations, but can also apply to other contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Undoverb

   to reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught

2. Undoverb

   to loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle

3. Undoverb

   to bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Undo

   Undo is a command in many computer programs. It erases the last change done to the document reverting it to an older state. In some more advanced programs such as graphic processing, undo will negate the last command done to the file being edited. The opposite of undo is redo. The redo command reverses the undo or advances the buffer to a more current state. In most Windows applications, the Undo command is activated by pressing the Ctrl+Z or Alt+Backspace keybindings. In virtually all Macintosh applications, the Undo command is activated by pressing Command-Z. The common command for Redo on Microsoft Windows systems is Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z. The common command for Redo on Apple Macintosh systems is Command-Shift-Z.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Undo

   un-dōō′, v.t. to reverse what has been done: to bring to naught: to loose: to open: to unravel: to impoverish: to ruin, as in reputation: (Shak.) to leave undone.—ns. Undo′er; Undo′ing, the reversal of what has been done: ruin.—adj. Undone′, not done: ruined: untied, unfastened.

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1. UNDO

   What does UNDO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the UNDO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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   • Ruin
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1. udon

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of undo in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of undo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of undo in a Sentence

1. Jessica Langford:

   I wish I could go back and undo all that happened, i am completely responsible for my actions and should have never have used my power as a teacher and never developed a friendship with a student.

2. Agathon:

   This only is denied to God the power to undo the past.

3. Ned Pillersdorf:

   With his capture, I’m hoping we can get this ordeal behind us, put him in prison where he belongs and start to undo the damage he has done to his former clients.

4. Samantha Heller:

   Eating an apple a day is unlikely to undo the ill effects of the typical 'Western diet' that is high in red and processed meat, junk food and fast food and low in plant foods.

5. Link Starbureiy:

   You can do almost anything, but you can undo absolutely nothing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=undo
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Undo
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=undo
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undo
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undo
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=undo
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=undo