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In some senses, do is marked as informal, obsolete, archaic, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
/də/
noun 10verb 5adv 1num 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, best, better, better, close, express, green, many
VERB + DO
bit, cards, know, likes, order, playing, says, stars
DO + NOUN
food, i've, palmers, saturday, something, themselves
PREP.
in, in, on, than
ADV.
anymore, really
Definitions
verb
1
A syntactic marker.
Do you go there often?
2
A syntactic marker.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
3
A syntactic marker.
But I do go sometimes.
Do tell us.
4
A syntactic marker.
I play tennis; she does too.
Likes her cappuccino, Mary does. (UK, colloquial)
5
A syntactic marker.
Do I just call every number on the list each time?
noun
1
A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
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
2
Clipping of hairdo.
Nice do!
I don't like to spend time on my hairstyle, so I usually just wear a do-rag.
3
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."
4
Something that has been done.
"How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos."
5
Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble.
noun
1
A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — create or design, often in a certain way
verb — carry on or function
verb — engage in
verb — get (something) done
verb — spend time in prison or in a labor camp
Antonyms
- unmake
- undo
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Do you go there often?
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I do not go there often.
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Do not listen to him.
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We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
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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
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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 elegan
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