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Verb (auxiliary)
/do͞o/,
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does, 3rd person singular present; doing, present participle; did, past tense; done, past participle;
  1. Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will) in questions and negative statements
    • - do you have any pets?
    • - did he see me?
    • - I don't smoke
    • - it does not matter
  2. Used to make tag questions
    • - you write poetry, don't you?
    • - I never seem to say the right thing, do I?
  3. Used in negative commands
    • - don't be silly
    • - do not forget
  4. Used to refer to a verb already mentioned
    • - he looks better than he did before
    • - you wanted to enjoy yourself, and you did
    • - as the cops get smarter, so do the crooks
  5. Used to give emphasis to a positive verb
    • - I do want to act on this
    • - he did look tired
  6. Used in positive commands to give polite encouragement
    • - do tell me!
    • - do sit down
  7. Used with inversion of a subject and verb when an adverbial phrase begins a clause for emphasis
    • - only rarely did they succumb
    • - not only did the play close, the theater closed
Verb
  1. Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified)
    • - something must be done about the city's traffic
    • - she knew what she was doing
    • - what can I do for you?
    • - Brian was making eyes at the girl, and had been doing so for most of the hearing
  2. Perform (a particular task)
    • - Dad always did the cooking on Sundays
  3. Work on (something) to bring it to completion or to a required state
    • - it takes them longer to do their hair than me
    • - she's the secretary and does the publicity
  4. Make or have available and provide
    • - he's doing bistro food
    • - many hotels don't do single rooms at all
    • - he decided to do her a favor
  5. Solve; work out
    • - Joe was doing sums aloud
  6. Cook (food) to completion or to a specified degree
    • - if a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, then your pie is done
  7. (often in questions) Work at for a living
    • - what does she do?
  8. Produce or give a performance of (a particular play, opera, etc.)
    • - the Royal Shakespeare Company is doing Macbeth next month
  9. Perform (a particular role, song, etc.) or imitate (a particular person) in order to entertain people
    • - he not only does Schwarzenegger and Groucho, he becomes them
  10. Take (a narcotic drug)
    • - he doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs
  11. Attend to (someone)
    • - the barber said he'd do me next
  12. vulgar. Have sexual intercourse with

  13. vulgar. Have sexual intercourse

  14. Urinate; defecate

  15. Achieve or complete, in particular

  16. Travel (a specified distance)
    • - one car I looked at had done 112,000 miles
  17. Travel at (a specified speed)
    • - I was speeding, doing seventy-five
  18. Make (a particular journey)
    • - last time I did New York–Philadelphia round trip by train it was over 80 bucks
  19. Achieve (a specified sales figure)
    • - our best-selling album did about a million worldwide
  20. Visit as a tourist, esp. in a superficial or hurried way
    • - the tourists are allotted only a day to “do” Verona
  21. Spend (a specified period of time), typically in prison or in a particular occupation
    • - he did five years for manslaughter
  22. Finish
    • - you must sit there and wait till I'm done
    • - we're done arguing
  23. Be over
    • - the special formula continues to beautify your tan when the day is done
  24. Give up concern for: have finished with
    • - I would sell the place and have done with it
    • - Steve was not done with her
  25. Act or behave in a specified way
    • - they are free to do as they please
    • - you did well to bring her back
  26. Make progress or perform in a specified way; get on
    • - when a team is doing badly, it's not easy for a new player to settle in
    • - Mrs. Walters, how're you doing?
  27. Have a specified effect on
    • - the walk will do me good
  28. Result in
    • - the years of stagnation did a lot of harm to the younger generation
  29. Be suitable or acceptable
    • - if he's anything like you, he'll do
    • - a couple of bucks'll do me
  30. Beat up; kill
    • - he was the guy who did Maranzano
  31. Ruin
    • - once you falter, you're done
  32. Rob (a place)
    • - this would be an easy place to do, and there was plenty of money lying around
  33. Swindle
    • - in business you had to do your competitors before they did you
  34. Prosecute; convict
    • - we got done for conspiracy to commit murder

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