ALL meanings of do
do
D d - adverb do (rare) Abbreviation of ditto. 0
- auxiliary verb do Do is used to form the negative of main verbs, by putting 'not' after 'do' and before the main verb in its infinitive form, that is the form without 'to'. 0
- auxiliary verb do Do is used to form questions, by putting the subject after 'do' and before the main verb in its infinitive form, that is the form without 'to'. 0
- auxiliary verb do Do is used in question tags. 0
- auxiliary verb do You use do when you are confirming or contradicting a statement containing 'do', or giving a negative or positive answer to a question. 0
- auxiliary verb do Do is used with a negative to tell someone not to behave in a certain way. 0
- auxiliary verb do Do is used to give emphasis to the main verb when there is no other auxiliary. 0
- auxiliary verb do Do is used as a polite way of inviting or trying to persuade someone to do something. 0
- verb do Do can be used to refer back to another verb group when you are comparing or contrasting two things, or saying that they are the same. 0
- verb do You use do after 'so' and 'nor' to say that the same statement is true for two people or groups. 0
- verb do When you do something, you take some action or perform an activity or task. Do is often used instead of a more specific verb, to talk about a common action involving a particular thing. For example you can say 'do your teeth' instead of 'brush your teeth'. 0
- verb do Do can be used to stand for any verb group, or to refer back to another verb group, including one that was in a previous sentence. 0
- verb do You can use do in a clause at the beginning of a sentence after words like 'what' and 'all', to give special emphasis to the information that comes at the end of the sentence. 0
- verb do If you do a particular thing with something, you use it in that particular way. 0
- verb do If you do something about a problem, you take action to try to solve it. 0
- verb do If an action or event does a particular thing, such as harm or good, it has that result or effect. 0
- verb do You can use do to talk about the degree to which a person, action, or event affects or improves a particular situation. 0
- verb do You can talk about what someone or something does to a person to mean that they have a very harmful effect on them. 0
- verb do If you ask someone what they do, you want to know what their job or profession is. 0
- verb do If you are doing something, you are busy or active in some way, or have planned an activity for some time in the future. 0
- verb do If you say that someone or something does well or badly, you are talking about how successful or unsuccessful they are. 0
- verb do If a person or organization does a particular service or product, they provide that service or sell that product. 0
- verb do You can use do when referring to the speed or rate that something or someone achieves or is able to achieve. 0
- verb do If you do a subject, author, or book, you study them at school or college. 0
- verb do If you do a particular person, accent, or role, you imitate that person or accent, or act that role. 0
- verb do You can use do to say that you are able or unable to behave in a particular way. 0
- verb do If someone does drugs, they take illegal drugs. 0
- verb do If you say that something will do or will do you, you mean that there is enough of it or that it is of good enough quality to meet your requirements or to satisfy you. 0
- countable noun do A do is a party, dinner party, or other social event. 0
- noun do do. is an old-fashioned written abbreviation for ditto. 0
- verb do to perform or complete (a deed or action) 0
- verb do to serve the needs of; be suitable for (a person, situation, etc); suffice 0
- verb do to arrange or fix 0
- verb do to prepare or provide; serve 0
- verb do to make tidy, elegant, ready, etc, as by arranging or adorning 0
- verb do to improve (esp in the phrase do something to or for) 0
- verb do to find an answer to (a problem or puzzle) 0
- verb do to translate or adapt the form or language of 0
- verb do to conduct oneself 0
- verb do to fare or manage 0
- verb do to cause or produce 0
- verb do to give or render 0
- verb do to work at, esp as a course of study or a profession 0
- verb do to perform (a play, etc); act 0
- verb do to travel at a specified speed, esp as a maximum 0
- verb do to travel or traverse (a distance) 0
- verb do used as an auxiliary before the subject of an interrogative sentence as a way of forming a question 0
- verb do used as an auxiliary to intensify positive statements and commands 0
- verb do used as an auxiliary before a negative adverb to form negative statements or commands 0
- verb do used as an auxiliary in inverted constructions 0