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