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do
duː Listen
Meanings
verb
  • perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).
    E.g. very little work has been done in this field
  • achieve or complete.
    E.g. I never really got the chance to finish school or do my exams
  • act or behave in a specified way.
    E.g. they are free to do as they please
  • be suitable or acceptable.
    E.g. if he's anything like you, he'll do
  • beat up or kill.
    E.g. one day I'll do him
verb
  • used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.
    E.g. do you have any pets?
  • used to refer back to a verb already mentioned.
    E.g. he looks better than he did before
  • used to give emphasis to a positive verb.
    E.g. I do want to act on this
  • used with inversion of a subject and verb when an adverbial phrase begins a clause for emphasis.
    E.g. only rarely did they succumb
noun
  • a party or other social event.
    E.g. the soccer club Christmas do
  • short for hairdo.
    E.g. a bowl-shaped do of perfect silky hair
  • excrement.
    E.g. the air was rancid with the smell of donkey doo
  • a swindle or hoax.
noun
  • variant spelling of doh1.
do.
ˈdɪtəʊ Listen
Meanings
abbreviation
  • ditto.
doh
dəʊ Listen
Meanings
noun
  • (in tonic sol-fa) the first and eighth note of a major scale.

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