do
/duː/
verb
- To perform or carry out an action, task, or activity.
- What are you doing this weekend?
- I need to do my homework before dinner.
- She did a great job on the presentation.
- Used as an auxiliary verb to form questions, negatives, and emphatic statements.
- He does speak Spanish fluently.
- Do you like chocolate?
- I don't understand the question.
- To work on or be busy with something; to make progress.
- I'm doing the dishes right now.
- We did the laundry this morning.
- She did her hair before the party.
- To have a particular effect or result; to cause something.
- The storm did serious damage to the crops.
- The medicine did a lot of good.
- Hard work does wonders for your confidence.
- To be sufficient or acceptable; to serve a purpose.
- That answer will do, thank you.
- A simple salad will do for lunch.
- This small room will do for now.
- To travel at a particular speed or cover a distance.
- We did 300 miles on the first day of our trip.
- The car can do 120 miles per hour.
- How many kilometers did you do on your bike ride?
Synonyms
noun
- A party, event, or social gathering.
- Are you going to the charity do on Saturday?
- We're having a big do for my grandmother's birthday.
- The office do was held at a fancy restaurant.
- A hairdo or hairstyle.
- That's a stylish do you have today.
- He spent an hour on his do before the date.
- She got a new do for the wedding.