do
English
/duː/, /du/, /dʉː/, /d͡ʒ/, /dəʊ/, /doʊ/
verb
Definitions
- (auxiliary)
- (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- (intransitive) To suffice.
- (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
- (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- (transitive) To have as one's job.
- To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- To cook.
- (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (intransitive) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (transitive) To kill.
- (transitive) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (transitive) To have sex with. (See also do it (do it))
- (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- (transitive) To finish.
- (UK) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- (archaic) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (informal) To make or provide.
- (informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- (transitive) To take drugs.
- (transitive) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English don inherited from Old English dōn (do) inherited from *dōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *dōną (do, put, make, place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make) inherited from Middle English didde inherited from Old English dyde inherited from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-
Gloss
put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
哺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- almsdeed English
- bad English
- bedo English
- bibliothecary English
- bond for deed English
- counterdeed English
- countertheme English
- deed English
- deedful English
- deedholder English
- deedless English
- deedly English
- deedwork English
- deedy English
- defect English
- deficient English
- deficit English
- deuterotheme English
- do-badder English
- do-rag English
- doability English
- doable English
- doer English
- doerless English
- doership English
- does English
- doesn't English
- doest English
- doeth English
- dogoodery English
- don't English
- done English
- doneness English
- dost English
- doïng English
- edification English
- edify English
- epenthesis English
- ethic English
- ethical English
- ethnic English
- etho- English
- ethos English
- evildoer English
- facility English
- fact English
- factor English
- familiar English
- fanatic English
- fordede English
- fordo English
- fordone English
- fulldo English
- good English
- hair English
- hairdo English
- hairdon't English
- indeed English
- infect English
- liquefaction English
- mididone English
- minitheme English
- misdeed English
- misdo English
- misdoer English
- olfactory English
- outdo English
- outdoer English
- overdede English
- overdo English
- overdoer English
- overdone English
- predone English
- proficient English
- prototheme English
- rag English
- redo English
- redoable English
- redoer English
- retheme English
- rightdoer English
- sanctify English
- significance English
- signify English
- simplification English
- simplify English
- stupefaction English
- stupefy English
- subtheme English
- sufficient English
- synthesize English
- theist English
- theme English
- themeable English
- themed English
- themeless English
- theo- English
- to English
- to-do English
- underdo English
- underdoer English
- underdone English
- undo English
- undoable English
- undoer English
- undoest English
- undoeth English
- undoing English
- undone English
- unundoable English
- updo English
- welldoer English
- wrong English
- wrongdo English
- wrongdoer English
- tuomio Finnish
- *infectiō Latin
- -fico Latin
- -ficātiō Latin
- -ifico Latin
- -ifico, -ificare Latin
- -ificāre Latin
- abdo Latin
- abscondō Latin
- addo Latin
- aedificium Latin
- aedifico Latin
- afficere Latin
- afficio Latin
- anathematizo Latin
- arefacio Latin
- beatificus Latin
- benefacio Latin
- beneficium Latin
- beneficus Latin
- clārificāre, clarifico, clārificō Latin
- condicio Latin
- conditio Latin
- condo Latin
- conficio Latin
- cōnfectiōnem Latin
- cōnfectus Latin
- cōnsuētus Latin
- damnificus Latin
- deficio Latin
- dido Latin
- difficilis Latin
- dis- Latin
- effectus Latin
- effectīvus Latin
- efficientem Latin
- efficio Latin
- facere Latin
- facienda Latin
- facies Latin
- facilis Latin
- facilitātem Latin
- faciō, facere, facio Latin
- factiō Latin
- facto Latin
- factor Latin
- factum Latin
- factus Latin
- familia Latin
- fanaticus Latin
- festivus Latin
- festum Latin
- fānum Latin
- fēstīvus Latin
- hypothecatus Latin
- inficio Latin
- interficio Latin
- iustus Latin
- justus Latin
- laedo Latin
- liquefacere Latin
- malefacio Latin
- maleficus Latin
- mellificus Latin
- officio Latin
- perfectus Latin
- praefectus Latin
- praeficio Latin
- prodo Latin
- proficio Latin
- rarefacio Latin
- recondere Latin
- reconditus Latin
- reficio Latin
- reficiō Latin
- sacerdos Latin
- sacrificium Latin
- sacrifico Latin
- sanctifico Latin
- satisfacere Latin
- satisfactionis, satisfactio Latin
- scientificus Latin
- significans Latin
- significo Latin
- stupefacio Latin
- sufficio Latin
- sufficiō Latin
- thesaurizo Latin
- thesēs Latin
- tribus Latin
- veneficus Latin
- verificatio Latin
- īnsolēns Latin
- Missetat German
- Thema German
- Tunwort German
- Tuwort German
- abtun German
- antun German
- auftun German
- dazutun German
- genugtun German
- gleichtun German
- guttun German
- heimlichtun German
- kundtun German
- leidtun German
- mittun German
- nachtun German
- nottun German
- reintun German
- schwertun German
- schöntun German
- tun German
- tunlich German
- vertun German
- wehtun German
- wichtigtun German
- wohltun German
- zusammentun German
- zutun German
- zuvortun German
- fatterello Italian
- steppificazione Italian
- confit French
- discothèque French
- thésauriser French
- verificar Spanish, Castilian
- Θησεύς Ancient Greek
- θέμα Ancient Greek
- θέμερος Ancient Greek
- θέμις Ancient Greek
- θέσεις Ancient Greek
- θέσις Ancient Greek
- θέσῐς Ancient Greek
- θέτης Ancient Greek
- θήκη Ancient Greek
- θεματικός Ancient Greek
- θεολόγος Ancient Greek
- θεσμός Ancient Greek
- θετός Ancient Greek
- θεός Ancient Greek
- θησαυρίζω Ancient Greek
- κατατίθημι Ancient Greek
- νομοθέτης Ancient Greek
- παρένθεσις Ancient Greek
- παρατίθημι Ancient Greek
- προστίθημι Ancient Greek
- συνθετικός Ancient Greek
- συντίθημι Ancient Greek
- σύνθεσις Ancient Greek
- τίθημι Ancient Greek
- ἀνάθεμα Ancient Greek
- ἀνατίθημι Ancient Greek
- ἀντίθεσις Ancient Greek
- ἀποθήκη Ancient Greek
- ἐντίθημι Ancient Greek
- ἐπίθετον Ancient Greek
- ἐπενθετικός Ancient Greek
- ἔθος Ancient Greek
- ὑπόθεσις Ancient Greek
- *-li- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰh₁-m-eló- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰh₁s-nóm, *dʰh₁snóm Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰé-dʰeh₁-ti, *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰédʰh₁i Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁s-yo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Indo-European
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stut- Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁-sk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- *tri-dʰh₁o- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- hvordan Norwegian Bokmål
- *dedǭ Proto-Germanic
- *dōmaz Proto-Germanic
- *dōmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *dōnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dōną Proto-Germanic
- *fradōmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hwō Proto-Germanic
- *missadēdiz Proto-Germanic
- *swa Proto-Germanic
- *weladēdiz Proto-Germanic
- temat Polish
- bedon Old English
- don Old English
- dyde Old English
- dōn Old English
- fordon Old English
- fuldon Old English
- gedon Old English
- misdon Old English
- oferdon Old English
- ondon Old English
- दधाति Sanskrit
- *donekie Middle English
- bedon Middle English
- dede Middle English
- didde Middle English
- doable Middle English
- doer Middle English
- don Middle English
- dos Middle English
- fordon Middle English
- fuldon Middle English
- misdon Middle English
- overdon Middle English
- teme Middle English
- underdon Middle English
- undōn Middle English
- withdon Middle English
- biskupsdómr Old Norse
- dómadagr Old Norse
- dómandi Old Norse
- dómari Old Norse
- dómsdagr Old Norse
- dœma Old Norse
- dœmandi Old Norse
- dœming Old Norse
- hertogadómr Old Norse
- hertogadœmi Old Norse
- jarldómr Old Norse
- parentes Danish
- *dělati Proto-Slavic
- *děti Proto-Slavic
- *dětę Proto-Slavic
- *děva Proto-Slavic
- *sǫdъ Proto-Slavic
- bienfet Old French
- clarification Old French
- โด Thai
- beripikado Cebuano
- herdo Cebuano
- *duon Old High German
- duon Old High German
- tuon Old High German
- tuon Middle High German
- tüejen Middle High German
- 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- אָנטאָן Yiddish
- טאָן Yiddish
- *dādi gmw-pro
- *dōm gmw-pro
- *dōn gmw-pro
- duon Old Dutch
- *ɸro-dīti, *ɸrodīti Proto-Celtic
- dôn Middle Low German
- tüan Cimbrian
- tüunan Cimbrian
- *dʰádʰaHti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- don Old Saxon
- dōn Old Saxon
- aatue Alemannic German
- tue Alemannic German
- uuftue Alemannic German
- *-fakos Proto-Italic
- *-faks Proto-Italic
- *fakinos Proto-Italic
- *fakiō Proto-Italic
- dae Scots
- дѣлатель Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- дѣлати Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- -idė Lithuanian
- *dádʰaHti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- dwa Old Frisian
- dwan Old Frisian
- dwā Old Frisian
- dun Volapük
- doon Low German
- *dʰh₁-teh₂ Proto-Albanian
- *dḗˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- difiçilménte Ligurian
- senpliceménte Ligurian
- hwaræ Old Danish
- du North Frisian
- düünj North Frisian
- dyek Kalasha
- famel Oscan
- don Nigerian Pidgin
- δακετ Phrygian
- dava Dacian
- to
- rag
- -er
- bad
- updo
- done
- does
- hair
- doer
- bedo
- fact
- dost
- deed
- undo
- good
- redo
- theme
- etho-
- ethos
- don't
- ethic
- misdo
- doest
- outdo
- to-do
- edify
- doeth
- wrong
- fordo
- deedy
- theo-
- doïng
- hairdo
- factor
- infect
- undone
- theist
- fulldo
- undoer
- doable
- themed
- ethnic
- do-rag
- defect
- redoer
- deedly
- overdo
- indeed
- doesn't
- outdoer
- wrongdo
- stupefy
- fanatic
- deficit
- undoest
- predone
- retheme
- undoeth
- misdoer
- underdo
- fordede
- signify
- deedful
- undoing
- ethical
- misdeed
- fordone
- facility
- redoable
- evildoer
- familiar
- deedwork
- overdede
- overdoer
- sanctify
- overdone
- doership
- doneness
- doerless
- deedless
- undoable
- welldoer
- mididone
- subtheme
- almsdeed
- simplify
- hairdon't
- deficient
- wrongdoer
- themeless
- dogoodery
- olfactory
- doability
- do-badder
- underdoer
- minitheme
- underdone
- rightdoer
- themeable
- sufficient
- deedholder
- unundoable
- epenthesis
- prototheme
- proficient
- synthesize
- counterdeed
- edification
- countertheme
- deuterotheme
- stupefaction
- liquefaction
- significance
- bibliothecary
- bond for deed
- simplification