From Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do, make”).
For senses 4 and 5, compare Old Norse duga, also Northern English dow.
The past tense form is from Middle English didde, dude, from Old English dyde, *diede, an unexpected development from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ/*dedē (the expected reflex would be *ded), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, an athematic e-reduplicated verb of the same root *dʰeh₁-.
The meaningless use of do in interrogative, negative, and affirmative sentences (e.g. "Do you like painting?" "Yes, I do"), existing in some form in most Germanic languages, is thought by some linguists to be one of the Brittonicisms in English, calqued from Brythonic. It is first recorded in Middle English, where it may have marked the perfective aspect, though in some cases the meaning seems to be imperfective. In Early Modern English, any meaning in such contexts was lost, making it a dummy auxiliary, and soon thereafter its use became mandatory in most questions and negations.
Doublets include deed, deem, and -dom, but not deal.
Other cognates include, via Latin, English feast, festival, fair (“celebration”), via Greek, English theo-, theme, thesis, and Sanskrit दधाति (dadhāti, “to put”), धातृ (dhātṛ, “creator”) and धातु (dhātu, “layer, element, root”).
Meanings
(UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
[…]; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes. 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian:
A gross-gutted, bulb-nosed, bourbon-stanky Boston flatfoot in plain clothes wrinkled white sox, with a race track tip-sheet stuffed in his back pocket trying real hard to mingle unnoticed at an elegant Buddies "do" to glean inside-dope. 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 13:
She was into French cuisine but I ain't no Cordon Bleu / This was at some do in Palmers Green, I had no luck with her 1980, Jona Lewie, Keef Trouble, “You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties”, performed by Jona Lewie:
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of hairdo.
I like the new do. 2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 464:
Nice do!
I don't like to spend time on my hairstyle, so I usually just wear a do-rag.
(qualifier:chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
Don’t forget the dos and don’ts.
With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." 1916, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter VIII, in Just David:
(obsolete, qualifier:fossilized in the UK) Something that has been done.
"How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos."
(archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. 1689, John Selden, Table Talk:
(UK, obsolete, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
(UK, obsolete, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
(UK, slang) A homicide.
Get it done, no not properly
Them man thought that they got me
True, I came back like a fucking zombie
Attempted do with the ching
Have an opp boy say “please don’t chong me!” 2020 December 4, “No fibs” (1:34 from the start), in (Zone 2) Karma × Trizzac (lyrics), Demented:
he דוֹ (tonic of the C major scale) · fi juhlat (function, celebration, party) · vi đô (tonic of the C major scale) · pt dó (tonic of the C major scale) · da do (tonic of the C major scale) · ru причёска (hairdo) · nl feest (function, celebration, party) · th โด (tonic of the C major scale) · el ντο (tonic of the C major scale) · ru тусо́вка (function, celebration, party) · fi kampaus (hairdo) · mk до (tonic of the C major scale) · ja ド (tonic of the C major scale) · fi pirskeet (function, celebration, party) · ca do (tonic of the C major scale) · nl fuif (function, celebration, party) · ru посиде́лки (function, celebration, party) · bg до (tonic of the C major scale) · vi đồ (tonic of the C major scale) · fr do (tonic of the C major scale) · fo do (tonic of the C major scale) · nl do (tonic of the C major scale) · ar دُو (tonic of the C major scale) · fi mekkala (period of confusion or argument) · it do (tonic of the C major scale) · sv do (tonic of the C major scale) · eu do (tonic of the C major scale) · ru стри́жка (hairdo) · tr do (tonic of the C major scale) · ko 도 (tonic of the C major scale) · ar دُو (tonic of the C major scale) · fi do (tonic of the C major scale) · gl dó (tonic of the C major scale) · nl snit (hairdo) · pt penteado (hairdo) · ta ச (tonic of the C major scale) · ru вечери́нка (function, celebration, party) · ru шуми́ха (period of confusion or argument) · hu dó (tonic of the C major scale) · nl ruzie (period of confusion or argument) · nl gedoe (period of confusion or argument) · nl gedoe (function, celebration, party) · es do (tonic of the C major scale) · ru до (tonic of the C major scale)
From Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do, make”).
For senses 4 and 5, compare Old Norse duga, also Northern English dow.
The past tense form is from Middle English didde, dude, from Old English dyde, *diede, an unexpected development from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ/*dedē (the expected reflex would be *ded), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, an athematic e-reduplicated verb of the same root *dʰeh₁-.
The meaningless use of do in interrogative, negative, and affirmative sentences (e.g. "Do you like painting?" "Yes, I do"), existing in some form in most Germanic languages, is thought by some linguists to be one of the Brittonicisms in English, calqued from Brythonic. It is first recorded in Middle English, where it may have marked the perfective aspect, though in some cases the meaning seems to be imperfective. In Early Modern English, any meaning in such contexts was lost, making it a dummy auxiliary, and soon thereafter its use became mandatory in most questions and negations.
Doublets include deed, deem, and -dom, but not deal.
Other cognates include, via Latin, English feast, festival, fair (“celebration”), via Greek, English theo-, theme, thesis, and Sanskrit दधाति (dadhāti, “to put”), धातृ (dhātṛ, “creator”) and धातु (dhātu, “layer, element, root”).
Meanings
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker. ▸ A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Do you go there often?
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker. ▸ A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 51:
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker. ▸ A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
That's not true: I always do say please and thank-you.
But I do go sometimes.
"Do stop it," said Susan; "it won't make things any better having a row between you two. Let's go and find Lucy." 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
So who did marry the Princess in the end?
Do tell us.
“I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]” 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
Boy, did I make a mistake!
(auxiliary, qualifier:pro-verb) A syntactic marker. ▸ A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
Don't be a naughty baby, / Come to papa, come to papa, do! / My sweet embraceable you. 1930, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Embraceable You:
Your remarks piqued my curiosity, as it did my mom's too.
I play tennis; she does too.
Likes her cappuccino, Mary does. (UK, colloquial)
(auxiliary, informal, interrogative, modal) A syntactic marker. ▸ Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).
Do I just call every number on the list each time?
(auxiliary, dialectal) A syntactic marker. ▸ Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
...An' the dogs do bark, an' the rooks be a-vled to the elems high and dark, an' the water do roar at mill. 1844, William Barnes, “Evenén in the Village”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:
(transitive) To perform; to execute.
I love doing puzzles, especially crosswords, but lately I've taken to sudokus too.
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
If you want something done, do it yourself.
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. 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
(obsolete, transitive) To cause or make (someone) (do something).
Sometimes to do him laugh, ſhe would aſſay / To laugh at ſhaking off the leaues light, / Or to behold the water worke […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7, page 258:
And also my lorde abbot of westmynster ded do shewe to me late, certayn euydences wryton in olde englysshe […]; 1490, William Caxton, “Prologue”, in Eneydos; republished as Caxton's Eneydos, London: Early English Text Society, 1890, page 2:
Emongſt the reſt a wicked maladie / Raign’d emongſt men, that manie did to die,[…] 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
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,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 8:1, column 1:
(ambitransitive) To suffice.
make it do or do without
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 51:
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
"Here," she said, "take your old Bunny! He'll do to sleep with you!" And she dragged the Rabbit out by one ear, and put him into the Boy's arms. 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
(intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
At last you spot a tempura stand. Not quite what you had in mind, but it'll do. 2009, Tim Thornton, The Alternative Hero, Random House, →ISBN, page 4:
(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
The fresh air did him some good.
(intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
(England, especially, intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly). ▸ To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.
A big framed beast takes a lot of food — expensive food at that [—] to keep it doing […] 1908 September 21, “The fattening beast”, in Mark Lane Express Agricultural Journal, page 340:
That farm would go like a rick a-fire. It would do: it would go forward and prosper and make him his money. 1971, George Ewart Evans, quoting ploughman Charles Last (born 1878), Tools of Their Trades: An Oral History of Men at Work c. 1900, Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 68:
(in questions, transitive) To have as one's job.
"What did you do in the States?" I asked him. "National Security Agency." 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604:
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
(transitive) To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
Don't forget to do your report!
(transitive) To cook.
We went down below, and the galley-slave did some ham and eggs, and the first lieutenant, who was aged 19, told me about Sicily, and time went like a flash. 1944, “News from the Suburbs”, in Punch:
It seemed, from his account, that he was very good at doing scrambled eggs. 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] :
I'll just do some eggs.
Next morning, they woke about ten o'clock, Kev, went for a shower while Alice, did some toast, put the kettle on, and when he came out, she went in. 2005, Alan Tansley, The Grease Monkey, page 99:
(transitive) To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
We got to travel the globe. We did Asia. That's what they say, isn't it? "Did." You know, the globetrotters. Palin. Alan Whicker. We did China. We did Malaysia. Kathmandu was very much a case of Kathman-did. 2025, Tim Key and Tom Basden, The Ballad of Wallis Island, spoken by Charles (Tim Key):
Let’s do New York also.
After doing Paris and its suburbs, I started for London […] 1892, James Batchelder, Multum in Parvo: Notes from the Life and Travels of James Batchelder, page 97:
No tourist can get credit for seeing America first without doing New York, the Wonderful Town, the Baghdad-on-Hudson, the dream in the eye of the Kansas hooker […] 1968 July 22, Ralph Schoenstein, “Nice Place to Visit”, in New York Magazine, page 28:
We 'did' London to our hearts' content,—thanks to Fred and Frank,—and were sorry to go away; […] 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Our Foreign Correspondent”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 115:
(transitive) To treat in a certain way.
Upon my word, although he [my host] certainly did me uncommonly well, I began to feel I'd be more at ease among the bushmen. 1928, Dorothy L[eigh] Sayers, “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers”, in Lord Peter Views the Body:
Christmas, why you gotta do me like this / I always embraced you / Held you close inside my heart 2023, “Christmas, Why You Gotta Do Me Like This”, performed by Eels:
"Why you gonna do me like that?" I ask. "Do what?" "Dog me." 1994, Jervey Tervalon, Understand This, →ISBN, page 50:
They did me well, I assure you—uncommon well: Bollinger of '84; green chartreuse fit for a prince; […] 1894, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 87, page 59, column 1:
(transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
The woman-who-did did not do very well, Juliet thought. 2018, Kate Atkinson, Transcription, →ISBN, page 291:
(intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
Vnto this day they doe after the former manners: they feare not the Lord, neither doe they after their Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or after the Law and Commaundement which the Lord commaunded the children of Iacob, whom hee named Iſrael,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 17:34, column 2:
(transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
I did five years for armed robbery.
(transitive) To impersonate or depict.
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
(place, qualifier:event, transitive, usually, with 'a' and the name of a person) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
He was planning to do a 9/11.
He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.
(slang, transitive) To kill.
About a year ago, a boy name Brandon got got here in Baltimore. Stuck and burned before he passed. […] Wasn't no need for y'all to do him the way y'all did. 2003 August 17, George Pelecanos, “Bad Dreams” (43:27 from the start), in The Wire, season 2, episode 11 (television production), spoken by Omar Little (Michael K. Williams), via HBO:
Case pulled the .22 out of his pocket and levelled it at Wage's crotch. “I hear you wanna do me.” 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 22:
He's gonna do me, Jarvis. I kid you not, this time he's gonna do me proper. 2004, Patrick Stevens, Politics Is the Greatest Game: A Johannesburg Liberal Lampoon, →ISBN, page 314:
The order came and I did him right there. The bullet went right where it was supposed to go. 2007, E.J. Churchill, The Lazarus Code, page 153:
(slang, transitive) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
Sometimes they lie in wait in these dark streets, and fracture his skull, […] or break his arm, or cut the sinew of his wrist; and that they call doing him. 1870, Charles Reade, Put Yourself in His Place:
(informal, transitive) To punish for a misdemeanor.
He got done for speeding.
Teacher'll do you for that!
(slang, transitive) To have sex with. (See also do it)
Deme[trius]. Villaine vvhat haſt thou done? / A[aron]. That vvhich thou canſt not vndoe. / Chiron. Thou haſt vndone our mother. / Aron. Villaine I haue done thy mother. c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], signatures G2, verso – G3, recto:
[…] one day I did her on the kitchen table, and several times on the dining-room table. 1996, James Russell Kincaid, My Secret Life, page 81:
The uninhibited woman within wanted to do him right there on the countertop, but I remained composed. 2008, Donna Hill, On the Line, page 84:
(reflexive, slang, transitive) To have sex with. (See also do it) ▸ To masturbate.
I got horny from his nudes and ended up doing myself to them.
(transitive) To cheat or swindle.
He was not to be done, at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy-five per cent. 1852, Thomas De Quincey, Sir William Hamilton:
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
(transitive) 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
(ambitransitive) To finish.
(transitive) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
(ditransitive, informal) To make or provide.
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
(informal, transitive) To provide as a service.
Do they do haircuts there?
(informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
"Defender Kolo Toure admitted Given will be a loss, but gave his backing to Nielsen. 'I think he's done his shoulder,' said the Ivorian." 2010 April 24, “Given stretchered off with suspected broken shoulder”, in The Irish Times, retrieved 21 Jul 2015:
"'I knew straight away I'd done my ACL, I heard the sound - it was very loud and a few of the boys said they heard it as well,' Otten said." 2014 August 13, Harry Thring, “I knew straight away I'd done my ACL: Otten”, in AFL.com.au, retrieved 21 Jul 2015:
"Watto will spend the entire winter stretching and doing Pilates, and do a hamstring after bending down to pick up his petrol cap after dropping it filling his car at Caltex Cronulla." 2014 April 14, Matt Cleary, “What do Australia's cricketers do on holiday?”, in ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 21 Jul 2015:
(transitive) To take (a drug).
I do cocaine.
(in the form be doing [somewhere], transitive) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
What's that car doing in our swimming pool?
(informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
He was doing 50 [miles per hour] in a school zone.
(adjective, used with nouns, verb) To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
When they stick out their tongues, they're doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof. 2017 December 11, Jessica Boddy (for NPR), "Dogs are Doggos", in What Do You Meme, page 21
hey there hope ya dont mind if I do a cronch (I luv the house salad) […] henlo mom / doin a heckin picturesque / the cuter i look / the more treatos i consume 2020, Doing Things Media, Doggos Doing Things: The Hilarious World of Puppos, Borkers, and Other Good Bois, Running Press, →ISBN:
Is your significant other doing you a heckin distress? 2017 August 9, Tasnim Odrika, “How to deal with trust issues in a relationship”, in The Daily Star, Dhaka, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2017:
Woof woof! I’m the goodest boi! I will do you all a protecc (in exchange for yummy treats and full medical, dental, and vision care). 2018, “The Understew”, in Brain Stew, number 13, Pierre Laclede Honors College:
did a listen do someone a frighten doing her a cute
tl gawin (perform, execute) · da sone (be in jail) · ta செய் (perform, execute) · ta போதும் (work, suffice) · fi leikkiä (impersonate) · mk готви (cook) · de reichen (work, suffice) · de ja (for emphasis) · kmr aya (in questions) · sl (biti) sprejemljivo (be reasonable or acceptable) · hu tesz (perform, execute) · hu valóban (for emphasis) · itk פַֿארֵי (perform, execute) · ar أَ (in questions) · tr mi (in questions) · sd يَهَڻُ (slang: have sex with) · az eləmək (perform, execute) · be рабі́ць (perform, execute) · ta ஆக்கு (convert) · ar هَل (in questions) · ilo aramid (perform, execute) · mt għamel (slang: have sex with) · sq bëj (perform, execute) · da gøre (have as one's job) · fi olla hyväksyttävää (be reasonable or acceptable) · hu tényleg (for emphasis) · de doch (for emphasis) · nb gjøre (have a purpose) · bn চোদা (slang: have sex with) · lmo fà (perform, execute) · mww ua (perform, execute) · ru гото́вить (cook) · fi tehdä (perform tasks) · fi -hän (for emphasis) · arq دار (perform, execute) · ta செய் (finish) · la faciō (perform, execute) · tr geliştirmek (work on/for) · nl koken (cook) · es abastar (work, suffice) · pt servir (be reasonable or acceptable) · tr iş yapmak (perform tasks) · crh -mi (in questions) · eo fari (perform, execute) · fa-ira کَرْدَن (perform, execute) · tr mapushaneye düşmek (be in jail) · ta தகு (be reasonable or acceptable) · br ober (perform, execute) · fi voida (fare) · ca fer (have as an effect) · uk зроби́ти (perform, execute) · pt preparar (cook) · prs کَرْدَن (perform, execute) · tr -me (in negations) · zza rakewtene (slang: have sex with) · fi kääntää (convert) · eo ĉu (in questions) · ang dōn (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · kmr gelo (in questions) · sco dae (work, suffice) · dsb cyniś (perform, execute) · fi -kö (in questions) · ceb buhat (perform, execute) · shn ႁဵတ်း (perform, execute) · pt fazer (have a purpose) · ca anar (fare) · tr uyuşturucu kullanmak (take drugs) · ta பார் (have as one's job) · wa fé (perform, execute) · sl ukreniti (perform, execute) · pt fazer (cook) · ru пригото́вить (cook) · tr -ma (in negations) · tr gitmek (fare) · de tun (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · ru сде́лать (perform tasks) · cs dělat (perform, execute) · fi panna (slang: have sex with) · pl czy (in questions) · grc ἔρδω (perform, execute) · sk robiť (perform, execute) · chr ᎾᏛᏁᎭ (perform, execute) · mk направи (perform, execute) · an fer (perform, execute) · ru ли (in questions) · vi được (be reasonable or acceptable) · da gøre færdig (finish) · tr işini yapmak (have as one's job) · ru надува́ть (cheat, swindle) · ja する (perform, execute) · ca fer (have as one's job) · ru поступи́ть (behave) · ml ചെയ്യുക (perform, execute) · es ir (fare) · vi làm (perform, execute) · sv funka (work, suffice) · bn লাগানো (slang: have sex with) · bg пра́вя (perform, execute) · itk סֵי (in questions) · fi laittaa (slang: have sex with) · eo sufiĉi (work, suffice) · hil pagbuhat (perform, execute) · aii ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ (perform, execute) · tr yapmak (perform, execute) · km ធ្វើ (perform, execute) · kmr belê (for emphasis) · lez авун (perform, execute) · bqi کردن (perform, execute) · he פָּעַל (perform, execute) · ru наду́ть (cheat, swindle) · nl wel (for emphasis) · fur fâ (perform, execute) · kmr gan (slang: have sex with) · he הַאִם (in questions) · tr yatmak (slang: have sex with) · tr sebep olmak (have as an effect) · ja なさる (perform, execute) · da gå an (be reasonable or acceptable) · hy անել (perform, execute) · mfe fer (perform, execute) · pl robić (perform, execute) · id laku (perform, execute) · pt fazer (perform tasks) · lv darīt (perform, execute) · be зрабі́ць (perform, execute) · lt daryti (perform, execute) · pl czynić (perform, execute) · tr mü (in questions) · de machen (perform, execute) · co fà (perform, execute) · grc ποιέω (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · eo ja (for emphasis) · ppl -chihua (perform, execute) · nn utføre (perform, execute) · ru твори́ть (have as an effect) · tr pişirmek (cook) · pa ਕਰਨਾ (perform, execute) · pt servir (work, suffice) · bsh ku (perform, execute) · sga in (in questions) · ta பண்ணு (finish) · ru переде́лать в (convert) · et tegema (perform, execute) · cmn 做 (perform, execute) · ht fè (perform, execute) · da gøre slut på (kill) · ga an (in questions) · fi tehdä (perform, execute) · nl zitten (be in jail) · egy ir (perform, execute) · la -nam (in questions) · cu дѣлати (perform, execute) · osx dôn (perform, execute) · nod ᩁᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ (perform, execute) · as কৰ (perform, execute) · ja 致す (perform, execute) · ta பண்ணு (have a purpose) · es joder (slang: have sex with) · sv sitta inne (be in jail) · ru де́лать (have as an effect) · kmr bûn (be reasonable or acceptable) · da gøre det (slang: have sex with) · es sí (for emphasis) · hi करना (perform, execute) · ota قیلمق (perform, execute) · tl hindi (in negations) · tr kılmak (perform, execute) · de tun (perform, execute) · pt sim (for emphasis) · ta தானே (in questions) · bn করা (perform, execute) · sv göra (perform, execute) · pl przelecieć (slang: have sex with) · fi riittää (work, suffice) · ru наеба́ть (cheat, swindle) · mk прави (perform, execute) · ru поступа́ть (behave) · tr amacı olmak (have a purpose) · mn хийх (perform, execute) · ru рабо́тать (have as one's job) · ta செய் (have a purpose) · wbk ća (perform, execute) · da gå på (take drugs) · da gøre nar (impersonate) · sv laga (cook) · fi -ko (in questions) · ca fer (perform tasks) · fi tehdä työkseen (have as one's job) · hu igenis (for emphasis) · tl isagawa (perform, execute) · am ማድረግ (perform, execute) · nn gjera (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · grc τελέω (perform, execute) · da arbejde med (have as one's job) · tl huwag (in negations) · fi pärjätä (fare) · tk etmek (perform, execute) · ar عَمِلَ (perform, execute) · grc ἆρα (in questions) · fr se faire (slang: have sex with) · mt għamel (work, suffice) · ta பண்ணு (have as an effect) · ist fà (perform, execute) · zza kerdiş (perform, execute) · ban gaé (perform, execute) · ru де́лать (perform tasks) · mt għamel (perform, execute) · ta போரும் (work, suffice) · ru ко́кнуть (kill) · si කරනවා (perform, execute) · ru сгоди́ться (work, suffice) · pl zrobić (perform, execute) · da lave (cook) · cmn 作 (perform, execute) · es bastar (work, suffice) · ota ایتمك (perform, execute) · tpi wokim (perform, execute) · tr hakikaten (for emphasis) · ne गर्नु (perform, execute) · inh де (perform, execute) · kmr kar kirin (work, suffice) · ur کَرْنا (perform, execute) · ru сде́лать (have as an effect) · tr hapis yatmak (be in jail) · ca fer-ho (slang: have sex with) · kmr xebitîn (work, suffice) · nb sitte inne (be in jail) · tl gumawa (perform, execute) · he עָשָׂה (perform, execute) · cs stačit (work, suffice) · da gøre (perform, execute) · da gøre (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · tr taklit etmek (impersonate) · gun japo (perform, execute) · mzn هاکردن (perform, execute) · da være nok (work, suffice) · ru обраща́ться с (treat in a certain way) · kmr kirin (work, suffice) · yai карак (perform, execute) · nap fà (slang: have sex with) · es coger (slang: have sex with) · ru ведь (for emphasis) · cop ⲉⲓⲣⲉ (perform, execute) · fi kyllä (for emphasis) · az etmək (perform, execute) · kea faze (perform, execute) · ar فَعَلَ (perform, execute) · rue роби́ти (perform, execute) · orv робити (perform, execute) · af doen (perform, execute) · fi kelvata (work, suffice) · es conseguir (perform, execute) · gsw tue (perform, execute) · ta பண்ணு (perform, execute) · qu ruray (perform, execute) · yoi きるん (perform, execute) · id buat (perform, execute) · ja やる (perform, execute) · da gøre (treat in a certain way) · el κάνω (perform, execute) · kn ಮಾಡು (perform, execute) · ru подходи́ть (work, suffice) · cy gwneud (perform, execute) · ru обойти́сь с (treat in a certain way) · pt fazer (have as an effect) · hu igazán (for emphasis) · ru пожива́ть (fare) · fa-ira آیا (in questions) · sv göra (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · hi क्या (in questions) · jv gawe (perform, execute) · ug قىلماق (perform, execute) · ro oare (in questions) · da gøre visit (visit) · fi hoidella (slang: have sex with) · arz عمل (perform, execute) · jv gawé (perform, execute) · sv gå på (take drugs) · my ပြု (perform, execute) · ka კეთება (perform, execute) · mk лежи (be in jail) · ain キ (perform, execute) · uz qilmoq (perform, execute) · lv veikt (perform, execute) · kmr kirin (perform, execute) · tt итәргә (perform, execute) · mww ua (perform tasks) · ta செய் (cook) · nl volstaan (work, suffice) · sv duga (work, suffice) · ks کَرُن (perform, execute) · da gå an (work, suffice) · nap fà (perform, execute) · fr aller (be reasonable or acceptable) · kmr hatin qebûlkirin (be reasonable or acceptable) · mk онади (slang: have sex with) · de tun (in questions) · nn gjere (perform, execute) · tr dönüştürmek (convert) · nb utføre (perform, execute) · tr mapusa düşmek (be in jail) · fi tulla valmista (finish) · crh -mı (in questions) · ru приня́ть (take drugs) · pap hasi (perform, execute) · hsb sčinić (perform, execute) · tr cidden (for emphasis) · kne ikkan (perform, execute) · es valer (be reasonable or acceptable) · pt fazer (perform, execute) · mk врши (perform, execute) · vi có phải ... không (là) (in questions) · frr düünj (perform, execute) · ia facer (perform, execute) · tr -da çalışmak (have as one's job) · ln sala (perform, execute) · ca fer (visit) · vec far (perform, execute) · is gera (perform, execute) · sc fai (perform, execute) · sh радити (perform, execute) · da gøre (have a purpose) · ru годи́ться (be reasonable or acceptable) · ru пойти́ (be reasonable or acceptable) · ru тра́хнуть (slang: have sex with) · nb drive med (have as one's job) · sh raditi (perform, execute) · tr bitirmek (finish) · ro da (slang: have sex with) · tr davranmak (behave) · it andare (fare) · lld fèr (perform, execute) · bho कइल (perform, execute) · uk роби́ти (perform, execute) · rsk зробиц (perform, execute) · yi צי (in questions) · ota اتمك (perform, execute) · kmr çêkirin (perform, execute) · tr mı (in questions) · pt passar (be in jail) · sk urobiť (perform, execute) · nl doen (perform, execute) · ru сде́лать (cook) · it bastare (work, suffice) · tr iş görmek (perform tasks) · tr gerçekten (for emphasis) · tyv кылыр (perform, execute) · da sidde inde (be in jail) · my လုပ် (perform, execute) · kne ay (in questions) · ru посети́ть (visit) · kmr ma (in questions) · tr mu (in questions) · fr aller (work, suffice) · tr öldürmek (kill) · nb sone (be in jail) · ru отсиде́ть (be in jail) · kmr rast e ku (for emphasis) · nl bezoeken (visit) · es servir (be reasonable or acceptable) · ta பண்ணு (have as one's job) · ta செய் (have as an effect) · rsk робиц (perform, execute) · pl bzykać (slang: have sex with) · pro far (perform, execute) · hsb činić (perform, execute) · hu csakugyan (for emphasis) · osx gifrummian (perform, execute) · ta இரு (fare) · pl uczynić (perform, execute) · ta செய் (treat in a certain way) · oc far (perform, execute) · rap haka (perform, execute) · ms buat (perform, execute) · cv ту (perform, execute) · nb gjøre (have as one's job) · nl binnendoen (slang: have sex with) · fi tehdä (emulate behaviour generally attributed to the individual named) · tr yeterli olmak (work, suffice) · nb holde for (work, suffice) · vo dunön (perform, execute) · es valer (work, suffice) · tr davranmak (treat in a certain way) · tr etki etmek (have as an effect) · vsn कृणोति (perform, execute) · sq ba (gheg) (perform, execute) · de schon (for emphasis) · az qılmaq (perform, execute) · tpi mekim (perform, execute) · tr olmak (fare) · ang dōn (perform, execute) · ta செய் (perform tasks) · pt fazer (have as one's job) · qu rurai (perform, execute) · ota یاپمق (perform, execute) · fi ottaa (take drugs) · oc har (perform, execute) · ta பண்ணு (cook) · be ці (in questions) · es hacer (have a purpose) · ta செய் (convert) · ceb buhaton (perform, execute) · tr öykünmek (impersonate) · ky этүү (perform, execute) · ang drēogan (perform tasks) · syl ꠇꠞꠣ (perform, execute) · da udføre (perform, execute) · fi tehdä (have as an effect) · gl facer (perform, execute) · sc fàchere (perform, execute) · es hacer (have as one's job) · tt эшләү (perform, execute) · es hacer (cook) · no gå an (be reasonable or acceptable) · ga dein (perform, execute) · grc πρᾱ́σσω (perform, execute) · fi huijata (cheat, swindle) · swb saɓu (in questions) · fr faire (perform, execute) · ru сотвори́ть (have as an effect) · hu kicsinál (kill) · tr uygun olmak (be reasonable or acceptable) · pt usar (take drugs) · da fuske (cheat, swindle) · hu bizony (for emphasis) · ka აკეთებს (perform, execute) · tr yapmak (cook) · ru сде́лать (behave) · tr örnek almak (emulate behaviour generally attributed to the individual named) · es abastar (be reasonable or acceptable) · frr du (perform, execute) · mhn mòchen (perform, execute) · pi karoti (perform, execute) · fi tehdä (have a purpose) · ckb کردن (perform, execute) · fi pitää huolta (work on/for) · nl doen (slang: have sex with) · da gøre (have as an effect) · fi käydä päinsä (be reasonable or acceptable) · mn уу (in questions) · ru гро́хнуть (kill) · sl storiti (perform, execute) · acw سَوَّى (perform, execute) · wbl car- (perform, execute) · fi kypsentää (cook) · ro face (perform, execute) · ppl -chiwa (perform, execute) · ru де́лать (behave) · ru сде́лать (perform, execute) · tr çalışmak (work on/for) · nod ᨿ (perform, execute) · fi käydä (visit) · it andare (be reasonable or acceptable) · nn gjere (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · sl skuhati (cook) · de nehmen (take drugs) · sgs dėrbtė (perform, execute) · is gjöra (perform, execute) · fi kohdella (treat in a certain way) · cs udělat (perform, execute) · ga déan (perform, execute) · es atufar (perform, execute) · ta பார் (work on/for) · hu csinál (perform, execute) · nb gjøre (referring to an earlier verb (pro-verb)) · ru сойти́ (work, suffice) · eu egin (perform, execute) · got 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (perform, execute) · ru приши́ть (kill) · kmr erê (for emphasis) · nb holde (work, suffice) · ru выполни́ть (perform tasks) · fi nistiä (kill) · gu કરવું (perform, execute) · rm far (perform, execute) · scn fari (perform, execute) · ruq fac (perform, execute) · nci chīhua (perform, execute) · fi paistaa (cook) · ta செய் (for emphasis) · ru сиде́ть (be in jail) · nds-de doon (perform, execute) · ta காணும் (work, suffice) · nl doen (visit) · grc πρᾱ́ττω (perform, execute) · fi käyttäytyä (behave) · kum этмек (perform, execute) · nrf faithe (perform, execute) · tr gebertmek (kill) · ca fer (perform, execute) · io facar (perform, execute) · nb ta (slang: have sex with) · ru же (for emphasis) · uk чи (in questions) · ru посеща́ть (visit) · da tage (slang: have sex with) · kne amag (perform, execute) · ru наёбывать (cheat, swindle) · ta செய் போடு (kill) · rgn fêr (perform, execute)
Coined by Italian musicologist Giovanni Battista Doni in 1635 as an easier-to-sing open-syllable revision to the solmization ut of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin Dominus (“The Lord”) (speculated by some to be an ulterior abbreviation of Giovanni Battista Doni) on the pattern of other Latinate solfège with the stated justification that God is the tonic and root of the world.
Meanings
A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
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mi (names for musical notes) · re (names for musical notes) · ti (names for musical notes) · fa (names for musical notes) · la (names for musical notes) · so (names for musical notes)
he דוֹ (tonic of the C major scale) · fi juhlat (function, celebration, party) · vi đô (tonic of the C major scale) · pt dó (tonic of the C major scale) · da do (tonic of the C major scale) · ru причёска (hairdo) · nl feest (function, celebration, party) · th โด (tonic of the C major scale) · el ντο (tonic of the C major scale) · ru тусо́вка (function, celebration, party) · fi kampaus (hairdo) · mk до (tonic of the C major scale) · ja ド (tonic of the C major scale) · fi pirskeet (function, celebration, party) · ca do (tonic of the C major scale) · nl fuif (function, celebration, party) · ru посиде́лки (function, celebration, party) · bg до (tonic of the C major scale) · vi đồ (tonic of the C major scale) · fr do (tonic of the C major scale) · fo do (tonic of the C major scale) · nl do (tonic of the C major scale) · ar دُو (tonic of the C major scale) · fi mekkala (period of confusion or argument) · it do (tonic of the C major scale) · sv do (tonic of the C major scale) · eu do (tonic of the C major scale) · ru стри́жка (hairdo) · tr do (tonic of the C major scale) · ko 도 (tonic of the C major scale) · ar دُو (tonic of the C major scale) · fi do (tonic of the C major scale) · gl dó (tonic of the C major scale) · nl snit (hairdo) · pt penteado (hairdo) · ta ச (tonic of the C major scale) · ru вечери́нка (function, celebration, party) · ru шуми́ха (period of confusion or argument) · hu dó (tonic of the C major scale) · nl ruzie (period of confusion or argument) · nl gedoe (period of confusion or argument) · nl gedoe (function, celebration, party) · es do (tonic of the C major scale) · ru до (tonic of the C major scale)
do en · ADV · etymology 3
Etymology
Short for ditto.
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, not-comparable) Abbreviation of ditto.
Michael Higgins, 51, Back lane / John Mulligan, 53, do 1862 October 23, “The O'Connell National Statue”, in The Freeman's Journal, Dublin, page 2:
Softest flowers, .. J. P. Robson, 335 / Stars of Hartlepool, .. do 356 [1849], “Contents”, in J[oseph] P[hilip] Robson, editor, Songs of the Bards of the Tyne; or, A Choice Selection of Original Songs Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect. […], Newcastle upon Tyne: […] P. France & Co., […], →OCLC, page 14:
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do en · NUM · etymology 4
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dō (UK)
/dəʊ/ (UK)
dō (US)
/doʊ/ (US)
Etymology
Shortening of dozen.
Meanings
The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.
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mo · woopty-do (etymologically unrelated terms) · whoopy-do (etymologically unrelated terms) · whoop-dee-do (etymologically unrelated terms) · woopy do (etymologically unrelated terms) · whoop-de-do (etymologically unrelated terms) · whoopee do (etymologically unrelated terms) · do svidaniya (etymologically unrelated terms) · whoopee-do (etymologically unrelated terms) · do svidanya (etymologically unrelated terms) · gro · whoopy do (etymologically unrelated terms) · do loop (etymologically unrelated terms) · whoop de do (etymologically unrelated terms)