What does to-do mean?
To-do means A fuss made over something..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A fuss made over something..
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.
My to-do list has been growing longer every day.
I have so many to-dos, I don't know where to start.
Use to-do when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
To-do means A fuss made over something..
Common synonyms include ado, bustle, fuss, argy-bargy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday.
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