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   do

   /duː/

   verb

   • 1. perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified): "very little work has been done in this field" Similar carry outundertakedischargeexecuteperpetrateperformaccomplishimplementachievecompletefinishconcludebring aboutengineereffectrealizeinformal:pull offrare:effectuate
   • ▪ perform (a particular task): "I cleaned the apartment every day, cooked, and did the laundry and the dishes"
   • ▪ work on (something) to bring it to completion or to a required state: "it takes them longer to do their hair than me" Similar preparemakeget readyfixproducesee toarrangeorganizebe responsible forbe in charge oflook aftertake onstylearrangeadjustgroompreenprimpprinkbrushcombwashdrycutinformal:fix
   • ▪ make or have available and provide: "many hotels don't do single rooms at all" Similar paintdrawsketchmakecreateproduceturn outfashiondesignfabricatemanufactureinformal:knock upknock togetherknock off
   • ▪ solve; work out: "Joe was doing sums aloud" Similar work outfigure outcalculateadd upsolveresolvepuzzle outdeciphertot up
   • ▪ cook (food) to completion or to a specified degree: "if a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean, then your pie is done"
   • ▪ (often in questions) work at for a living: "what does she do?" Similar do for a livingwork atbe employed asearn a living as/atwhat is …'s job?
   • ▪ learn or study; take as one's subject: "I'm doing English, German, and History" Similar studyreadlearntake a course intake classes inbe taught
   • ▪ produce or give a performance of (a particular play, opera, etc.): "the Royal Shakespeare Company are doing" Similar put onpresentproducegiveperform inact inplay intake part inparticipate inbe involved inbe engaged in
   • ▪ imitate (a particular person) in order to entertain people: informal "he not only does Schwarzenegger and Groucho, he becomes them"
   • ▪ take (a narcotic drug): informal "he doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs"
   • ▪ attend to (someone): "the barber said he'd do me next"
   • ▪ have sex with. vulgar slang
   • ▪ have sex: informal "I only ever did it in the missionary position"
   • ▪ urinate or defecate. informal
   • 2. achieve or complete: "I never really got the chance to finish school or do my exams"
   • ▪ travel (a specified distance): "one car I looked at had done 112,000 miles" Similar traveljourneygocovertravel overpass overjourney overtraversecrossrange overput behind oneget under one's beltattainachieveloginformal:chalk upnotch up
   • ▪ travel at (a specified speed): "I was speeding, doing seventy-five" Similar drive attravel atgo atproceed atmove at
   • ▪ make (a particular journey): "last time I did Oxford–York return by train it was £50"
   • ▪ achieve (a specified sales figure): "our bestselling album did about a million worldwide"
   • ▪ visit as a tourist, especially in a superficial or hurried way: informal "we did Rome in three days" Similar visittoursightsee inlook around/roundtake in the sights of
   • ▪ spend (a specified period of time) in prison or in a particular occupation: "he did five years for manslaughter"
   • ▪ finish: informal "you must sit there and wait till I've done"
   • ▪ be over: "the special formula continues to beautify your tan when the day is done"
   • 3. act or behave in a specified way: "they are free to do as they please" Similar actbehaveconduct oneselfacquit oneselfrare:comport oneselfdeport oneself
   • ▪ make progress or perform in a specified way; get on: "when a team is doing badly, it's not easy for a new player to settle in" Similar get onget alongprogressfaremake outget bymanagecopesurvivesucceedprosper
   • ▪ have a specified effect on: "the walk will do me good"
   • ▪ result in: "the years of stagnation did a lot of harm to the younger generation"
   • 4. be suitable or acceptable: "if he's anything like you, he'll do" Similar sufficebe adequatebe satisfactorybe acceptablebe good enoughbe of usefill the billfit the billanswer the purposeserve the purposemeet one's needspass musterbe enoughbe sufficientinformal:make the gradecut the mustardbe up to snuff
   • ▪ be usable: "a strip of white cotton about 20 yards long did for a fence"
   • 5. beat up or kill: informal "one day I'll do him"
   • ▪ be ruined: informal "once you falter, you're done"
   • ▪ rob (a place): informal "this would be an easy place to do and there was plenty of money lying around"
   • ▪ swindle: informal British "a thousand pounds for one set of photos—she had been done"

   auxiliary

   • 1. used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will) in questions and negative statements: "do you have any pets?"
   • ▪ used to make tag questions: "you write poetry, don't you?"
   • ▪ used in negative commands: "don't be silly"
   • 2. used to refer back to a verb already mentioned: "he looks better than he did before"
   • 3. used to give emphasis to a positive verb: "I do want to act on this"
   • ▪ used in positive commands to give polite encouragement: "do tell me!"
   • 4. used with inversion of a subject and verb when an adverbial phrase begins a clause for emphasis: "only rarely did they succumb"

   noun

   • 1. a party or other social event: informal British "the soccer club Christmas do"
   • 2. short for hairdo informal North American
   • 3. excrement: informal "the air was rancid with the smell of donkey doo"
   • 4. a swindle or hoax. archaic, informal

   Word Origin Old Englishdōn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doen and German tun, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tithēmi ‘I place’ and Latin facere ‘make, do’.

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   What does do mean in English?

   • A do is a party, dinner party, or other social event. A friend of his is having a do in Stoke. They always have all-night dos there. 2. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers do. do. is an old-fashioned written abbreviation for ditto. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What does do mean in a sentence?

   • When you do something, you take some action or perform an activity or task. Do is often used instead of a more specific verb, to talk about a common action involving a particular thing. For example you can say 'do your teeth' instead of ' brush your teeth'. I was trying to do some work. [VERB noun] After lunch Elizabeth and I did the washing up.

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   What does a do Do?

   • A D.O. is trained to look beyond your symptoms to understand how lifestyle and environmental factors impact your well-being. Where do you work? Why don’t we have lunch together on Friday? "Didn’t you know Sophie was coming?" "Of course I did." Don’t talk about that. The negative contractions are doesn’t, didn’t, and don’t. Do be careful.

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   What does do stand for?

   • DO abbreviation or noun variantsor D.O. ˈdē-ˈō : doctor of osteopathic medicine Legal Definition do verb did; done; doing; does transitive verb 1 : perform, execute 2 : commit didthis act of cruelty verbal auxiliary —used with the infinitive without toto form present and past tenses in legal and parliamentary language dohereby bequeath

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   Is do a auxiliary verb?

   • Do is one of three auxiliary verbs in English: be, do, have. We use do to make negatives (do + not), to make question forms, and to make the verb more emphatic. … We don’t use auxiliary do to make questions or negatives for clauses with modal verbs: … We often use do instead of repeating all the words in a clause.

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   Is do an irregular verb?

   • Do is an irregular verb. Its three forms are do, did, done. The present simple third person singular is does: … Do is an irregular verb. Its three forms are do, did, done. The present simple third person singular is does: … We use do as a main verb and an auxiliary verb. We can also use it as a substitute verb. …

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   To do is to act, perform, or undertake. When you do chores, you engage in the activity of cleaning the kitchen or taking out the trash.

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