Word Finder - doing

definition

(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

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To perform; to execute.

example

All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?

synonyms

• accomplish
• carry out
• functionate

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To cause, make (someone) (do something).

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To suffice.

example

it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.

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To be reasonable or acceptable.

example

It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.

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(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).

example

The fresh air did him some good.

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To fare, perform (well or poorly).

example

Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?

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(chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.

example

What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.

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To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

example

"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.

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To cook.

example

I'll just do some eggs.

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To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.

example

Let’s do New York also.

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To treat in a certain way.

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To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

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To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

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To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)

example

I did five years for armed robbery.

synonyms

• serve

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To impersonate or depict.

example

They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.

synonyms

• imitate
• personate
• take off

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(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

example

He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.

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To kill.

synonyms

• do in
• murder
• off
• rub out

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To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

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To punish for a misdemeanor.

example

He got done for speeding.

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To have sex with. (See also do it)

synonyms

• go to bed with
• sleep with

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To cheat or swindle.

example

That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!

synonyms

• defraud
• diddle
• mug off
• rip off
• scam

definition

To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

example

the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie

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To finish.

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To work as a domestic servant (with for).

synonyms

• attend
• serve
• wait on

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(auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

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To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

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(ditransitive) To make or provide.

example

Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?

synonyms

• furnish
• give
• supply

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To injure (one's own body part).

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To take drugs.

example

I do cocaine.

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(in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

example

What's that car doing in our swimming pool?

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A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.

example

This is his doing. (= "He did it.")

You're doing a great job.

They should be doing an ultrasound in a couple of weeks.

God, he's probably never heard anyone doing that!

What are you doing up at this hour?

Maybe she thinks I'm the only thing keeping you from doing that.

She was doing enough of it for herself.

What were you doing all day today?

As for sitting around doing nothing, I'm going to do something about that.

The minute we do, the people doing those jobs should become operators of the new machines—and get big raises because their productivity just shot way up.

Alex was doing everything in his power to provide her with all the experiences of a natural mother.

If he was trying to prevent her from escaping, he was doing a poor job of it.

I mean, not doing this.

She caught him alone in the hallway after supper, while Julia and Rachel were in the kitchen doing dishes.

By doing this, we will come to understand those conditions better and perhaps prevent them.

So, what part are you doing for the bride?

I don't know what he's doing, but I think it's something illegal.

I can't believe you're doing this to me.

Are you down here taking inventory or doing a lot of thinking?

I would never stop you from going to college or doing anything else you wanted to do.

How's your mother doing these days?

What would the cavalry be doing out here?

No, I simply think there is a proper way to do things, and humans have a habit of doing what pleases them at the moment, not what is best for the future.

Think of the good we might be doing!

He had no idea what he was doing wrong.

Anyway, I was doing my best not to let things get out of control.

What are you still doing here?

I'm doing this on my own.

When Augustine finally asked, "What are you doing?," Ambrose replied that he was reading.

And he fell back into that artificial realm of imaginary greatness, and again--as a horse walking a treadmill thinks it is doing something for itself--he submissively fulfilled the cruel, sad, gloomy, and inhuman role predestined for him.

Well, he has a home office and he goes there pretty often, but I can't figure out what he's doing.

You seemed to be doing well enough on your own.

What do you two think you're doing out here in the dark?

We had no right to play god any more than we were already doing.

You're not doing it for money.

Mark my words, what you are doing will not remain unnoticed.

What we're doing together blows my imagination so I'll devote as much time and energy as I can possible muster to optimizing our results.

How're you doing, Tommy?

They're only doing a job.

I have no intention of doing so.

At the base they checked in with Fred and Donnie, who were doing fine without them, so they moved to even more challenging terrain.

I've already warned him that you're still mine, and I have no intention of doing anything more than lending you to him.

The people were doing whatever it took to survive outside the walls, and they'd run across more men in Western uniforms.

What is someone like this doing out here?

He said he had a granddaughter who was special and he didn't want her to get stuck doing some sort of manual labor.

He looked past her into the kitchen to see what she'd been doing.

There was no way to see what she'd been doing.

Usually, he was the one doing it, so she'd listened to him.

My little one hasn't been doing so well on his treatment.

Now, she couldn't even talk to him without doing worse.

Lana looked up curiously, wondering if the military was doing maneuvers.