do
noun
- 1
A party, celebration, social function.
“We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.”
- 2
A hairdo.
“Nice do!”
- 3
Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
- 4
A deed; an act.
- 5
Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
- 6
A cheat; a swindler.
- 7
An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
- 2
To perform; to execute.
“All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?”
- 3
To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- 4
To suffice.
“it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.”
- 5
To be reasonable or acceptable.
“It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.”
- 6
(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
“The fresh air did him some good.”
- 7
To fare, perform (well or poorly).
“Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?”
- 8
(chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
“What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.”
- 9
To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
“"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.”
- 10
To cook.
“I'll just do some eggs.”
- 11
To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
“Let’s do New York also.”
- 12
To treat in a certain way.
- 13
To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- 14
To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- 15
To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
“I did five years for armed robbery.”
- 16
To impersonate or depict.
“They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.”
- 17
(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.
“He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.”
- 18
To kill.
- 19
To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- 20
To punish for a misdemeanor.
“He got done for speeding.”
- 21
To have sex with. (See also do it)
- 22
To cheat or swindle.
“That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!”
- 23
To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
“the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie”
- 24
To finish.
- 25
To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- 26
(auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- 27
To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- 28
(ditransitive) To make or provide.
“Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?”
- 29
To injure (one's own body part).
- 30
To take drugs.
“I do cocaine.”
- 31
(in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
“What's that car doing in our swimming pool?”
Synonyms
Antonyms
noun
- 1
A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
Synonyms
adverb
- 1
As said before, likewise.
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