ENGLISH DICTIONARY

To-do

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: To-do is a noun meaning A fuss made over something.

Meaning

A fuss made over something.

More Meanings

  1. A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list.

Example Sentences

My to-do list has been growing longer every day.
I have so many to-dos, I don't know where to start.
I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday.
Last year, Russell Brand caused another to-do. This time he wasn’t playing nasty jokes on Andrew Sachs, or boasting about the millions of people he’d slept with; he wasn’t calling George Bush a “retard”, or giving a Nazi salute at the GQ awards, or turning up to work dressed as Osama bin Laden […] No, this time he simply made a political statement.

Word Forms

Synonyms for to-do

Depending on context, synonyms include ado, bustle, fuss, argy-bargy, bobbery, brouhaha.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include commotion, turmoil, disturbance, stir, disruption, hurly burly.

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