don
verb/dɒn/
/dɑːn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they don | /dɒn/ /dɑːn/ |
| he / she / it dons | /dɒnz/ /dɑːnz/ |
| past simple donned | /dɒnd/ /dɑːnd/ |
| past participle donned | /dɒnd/ /dɑːnd/ |
| -ing form donning | /ˈdɒnɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːnɪŋ/ |
- don something to put clothes, etc. on
- He donned his jacket and went out.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDon is used with these nouns as the object:- armour
- coat
- costume
- …
Word Originverb late Middle English: contraction of do on. Compare with doff.
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