different between undo vs unbid

English

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?n?du?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: undue (in yod dropping dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English und?n, from Old English ond?n, from Proto-Germanic *andad?n? (“to undo”), equivalent to un- +? do. Cognate with West Frisian ûndwaan, ûntdwaan (“to undo; rid”), Dutch ontdoen (“to undo”).

Verb

undo (third-person singular simple present undoes, present participle undoing, simple past undid, past participle undone) (transitive)

1. To reverse the effects of an action.

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

   Could you undo my buckle for me?

3. (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
   • 1611, King James Bible

     Woe is me, for I am undone!

Synonyms

• (reverse effects): cancel, reverse
• (unfasten): unbuckle, unbutton, untie, unzip

Antonyms

• (reverse effects): redo
• (unfasten): do up, button, button up, tie up, zip, zip up,

Translations

Noun

undo (plural undos)

1. (computing) An operation that reverses a previous action.

   How many undos does this program support?

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

undo

1. Misspelling of undue.

Further reading

• undo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• udon

Latin

Etymology

From unda (“a wave”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?un.do?/, [??n?d?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?un.do/, [?un?d??]

Verb

und? (present infinitive und?re, perfect active und?v?, supine und?tum); first conjugation

1. I rise in waves.
2. I overflow with, abound in.
3. I wave, undulate.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• abund?
• redund?

Descendants

• Aromanian: undedz, undari
• ? English: undate
• Italian: ondare
• Portuguese: undar
• Romanian: unda, undare
• Spanish: ondear

References

• undo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• undo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• undo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• redound in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Lindu

Noun

undo

1. flattery

English

Adjective

unbid (not comparable)

1. unbidden, uninvited.
2. (bridge) Which have not been bid for.

Derived terms

• unbid major
• unbid minor

Verb

unbid (third-person singular simple present unbids, present participle unbidding, simple past unbid, past participle unbid or unbidden)

1. To undo the process of bidding; to cancel a bid.

Anagrams

• Dubin