What does doing mean?
Doing means present participle and gerund of do.
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/ˈduːɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of do.
This is his doing. (= "He did it.")
Draining that swamp is going to take some doing!
Mr. Dawe further calls his voyage “A Record of some Strange Doings at Sea.” They are strange doings, in fact, and yet not as novel as might be expected. They involve mutiny, piracy, shipwreck, and fights with Savages […]
Use doing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doing means present participle and gerund of do.
Common synonyms include act, boing, execution, performance.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This is his doing. (= "He did it.")
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