Do

/də/ · verb

Meaning

(auxiliary) A syntactic marker..

Definitions by Sense

1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
2. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause or make (someone) (do something).
4. (ambitransitive) To suffice.
5. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
6. (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
7. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
8. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.

Example Sentences

If you want something done, do it yourself.

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

I love doing puzzles, especially crosswords, but lately I've taken to sudokus too.

The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

And also my lorde abbot of westmynster ded do shewe to me late, certayn euydences wryton in olde englysshe […];

Sometimes to do him laugh, ſhe would aſſay / To laugh at ſhaking off the leaues light, / Or to behold the water worke […]

Emongſt the reſt a wicked maladie / Raign’d emongſt men, that manie did to die,[…]

MOreouer, brethren, wee do you to wit [i.e. we make you to know] of the grace of God beſtowed on the Churches of Macedonia,[…]

Synonyms for do

Antonyms for do

Related Words

Word Forms

• does
• doing
• did
• done
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• do
• doest
• dost
• didst
• doeth
• doth
• -
• de
• dee
• dos
• do's
• doos
• doh
• Do
• do.

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