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- [doo-ing]
- /ˈdu ɪŋ/
- /ˈduː.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [doo-ing]
- /ˈdu ɪŋ/
Definitions of doing word
- noun doing action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 1
- noun doing doings, deeds; proceedings; happenings; events. 1
- noun plural doing Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion. 1
- noun plural doing Informal. a hairdo or hair styling. 1
- noun plural doing British Slang. a swindle; hoax. 1
- noun plural doing Chiefly British. a festive social gathering; party. 1
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Origin of doing
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at do1, -ing1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Doing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
doing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
doing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for doing
noun doing
- accomplishment — An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
- thing — (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
- act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
adjective doing
- leading edge — Aeronautics. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.
- in place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- in progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- realising — to grasp or understand clearly.
Antonyms for doing
noun doing
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- repose — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
Top questions with doing
- what are you doing?
- how you doing?
- how is lamar odom doing?
- how are you doing?
- what are you doing in spanish?