Do
From Fresh Dictionary
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English
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| your | any | what | #60: do | has | could | our |
Etymology
Old English dōn < West Germanic *dôn < Proto-Indo-European base *dHeh1- ("put", "place", "do", "make"). Cognates include German tun (to do), French faire (to do, to make), Spanish hacer (to do, to make), Greek θέτω (to put, to set, to place), Lithuanian deti (to put), Czech diti (to hide), Polish dziać (to happen), Russian деть (to put, to place), and Russian делать (to do).
Pronunciation
- do͞o, /duː/, /du:/
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Noun
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Singular |
- (colloquial) A function, celebration, party.
- We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
- (colloquial) A period of confusion or argument.
- (colloquial) A hairdo.
- Nice do!
Usage notes
For the plural of the noun, the spelling dos would strictly be correct, but do’s is often used for the sake of legibility.
Synonyms
- (period of confusion or argument): to-do
Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive) To perform, to execute.
- Please let me do my job.
- (transitive) (slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To attack (someone).
- (transitive) (slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- (intransitive) To suffice.
- It’s not the best broom, but it will have to do.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in questions.
- Do you go?
- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations.
- I do not go.
- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis.
- But I do go.
- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker to avoid repeatition of an earlier verb.
- I play tennis; he does too.
- To cook
- The stake is well-done.
- To visit
- Let’s do New York also.
- Exhausted, finished, ready
- I’m done for., I’m done.
- To take care of, to be well
- The fresh air does well., How do you do?
- To be in jail
- To do time
Derived terms
Translations
perform, execute (transitive)
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slang: attack
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slang: have sex with
work, suffice (intransitive)
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be reasonable or acceptable (intransitive)
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in questions (auxiliary)
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in negations (auxiliary)
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for emphasis (auxiliary)
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to avoid repetition (auxiliary)
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- CJKV Characters: 做
- Esperanto: fari
- Ido: facar
- Interlingua: facer
- Irish: déan
- Quenya: (carë)
- Turkish: yapmak, etmek
- Volapük: dunön
Etymology 2
From Italian do (a musical note).
Pronunciation
- AHD: dō
- IPA: /dəʊ/ (UK), /doʊ/ (US)
- SAMPA: /d@U/ (UK), /doU/ (US)
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Homophones
- doe a female deer
Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
- (music) A syllable used in sol-fa to represent the tonic of a major scale.
Alternative spellings
Synonyms
- ut (archaic)
See also
Albanian
Verb
do
Usage
Bosnian
Preposition
do
Usage notes
Catalan
Etymology
Latin donum
Noun
do
Czech
Preposition
do
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
| Plural | do's |
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| Diminutive | - |
| Diminutive plural | - |
do m. or f.
- do (muscial note)
Synonyms
Esperanto
Adverb
do
French
Pronunciation
- /do/, /do/
Noun
do m.
- musical note
Synonyms
Frisian
Personal pronoun
do
Noun
do
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /d̺ə/
Adjective
do
- your (sg)
Examples
- dʼainm: your name
- do charr: your car
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡə/
Preposition
do
Example
- do chara : to/for a friend
Italian
Verb form
do
- first-person singular indicative present of dare
Synonym
Noun
do m.
- musical note
Japanese
Romaji
do (ど)
- 度: degree; times
Latin
Pronunciation
- AHD: dŏ′ ŏ
Verb form
dō
- "I give" : first-person singular, present tense conjugation of dare.
Lojban
Cmavo
do
- you; the one who is addressed
Norwegian
Noun
Do m. (definite singular doen; indefinite plural doer; definite plural doene)
Polish
Preposition
do
- to, towards, into
- until
Usage notes
Portuguese
Contraction
do
- Contraction of the preposition de and the definite article o
- Contraction of the preposition de and the demonstrative pronoun o
Scots Gaelic
Possessive adjective
do
Preposition
Serbian
Preposition
do
Usage notes
See also
Slovak
Preposition
do
Turkish
Noun
do
- the musical note C
Volapük
Conjunction
do
Welsh
Adverb
do
de:do el:do es:do fr:do gl:do ko:do io:do ie:do it:do ku:do la:do hu:do nl:do ja:do pl:do pt:do ru:do fi:do uk:do zh:do
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