Loading page
say it: doo
do is a verb and noun meaning "engage in". It carries 16 recorded senses.
get (something) done
“I did my job”
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
“A few words would answer”
“This car suits my purpose well”
“Will $100 do?”
“A `B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school”
“Nothing else will serve”
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
“You should act like an adult”
“Don't behave like a fool”
“What makes her do this way?”
“The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people”
travel or traverse (a distance)
“This car does 150 miles per hour”
“We did 6 miles on our hike every day”
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
doctor's degree in osteopathy
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for do come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.