Do vs. Does

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  • Do (verb)

    A syntactic marker

  • Do (verb)

    A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.

    “Do you go there often?”

  • Do (verb)

    A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.

    “I do not go there often.”

    “Do not listen to him.”

  • Do (verb)

    A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.

    “But I do go sometimes.”

    “Do tell us.”

    “It is important that he do come see me.”

  • Do (verb)

    A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliaries such as “be”.

    “I play tennis; she does too.”

  • Do (verb)

    To perform; to execute.

    “all you ever do is surf the Internet;”

    “what will you do this afternoon?”

  • Do (verb)

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

  • Do (verb)

    To suffice.

    “it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;”

    “this will do me, thanks.”

  • Do (verb)

    To be reasonable or acceptable.

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

  • Do (verb)

    To have (as an effect).

    “The fresh air did him some good.”

  • Do (verb)

    To fare; to succeed or fail.

    “Our relationship isn’t doing very well;”

    “how do you do?”

  • Do (verb)

    To have as one’s job.

    “What does Bob do? — He’s a plumber.”

  • Do (verb)

    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.”

  • Do (verb)

    To cook.

    “I’ll just do some eggs.”

  • Do (verb)

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

    “Let’s do New York also.”

  • Do (verb)

    To treat in a certain way.

  • Do (verb)

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

  • Do (verb)

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

  • Do (verb)

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

    “I did five years for armed robbery.”

  • Do (verb)

    To impersonate or depict.

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

  • Do (verb)

    To kill.

  • Do (verb)

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

  • Do (verb)

    To punish for a misdemeanor.

    “He got done for speeding.”

    “Teacher’ll do you for that!”

  • Do (verb)

    To have sex with. (See also do it)

  • Do (verb)

    To cheat or swindle.

    “That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!”

  • Do (verb)

    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”

  • Do (verb)

    To finish.

    “Aren’t you done yet?”

  • Do (verb)

    To work as a domestic servant (with for).

  • Do (verb)

    Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

  • Do (verb)

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

  • Do (verb)

    To make or provide.

    “Do they do haircuts there?”

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

  • Do (verb)

    To injure (one’s own body part).

  • Do (verb)

    To take drugs.

    “I do cocaine.”

  • Do (verb)

    to have a purpose or reason

    “What’s that car doing in our swimming pool?”

  • Do (noun)

    A party, celebration, social function.

    “We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.”

  • Do (noun)

    A hairdo.

    “Nice do!”

  • Do (noun)

    Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don’ts).

  • Do (noun)

    A deed; an act.

  • Do (noun)

    Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.

  • Do (noun)

    A cheat; a swindler.

  • Do (noun)

    An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.

  • Do (noun)

    A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

  • Do (adverb)

    abbreviation of ditto

  • Does (noun)

    plural of doe

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