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don
What does don mean?
don (verb): to put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use don in a sentence?
- The princess donned a long blue dress. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce don?
/dɑn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does don come from?
From Middle English don (“to put on”), from Old English dōn on; equivalent to do + on.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “don” mean?
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
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to put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire
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to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services
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to know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
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