Definition/Meaning of do

• English - Verb: do (third-person singular simple present does, present participle doing, simple past did, past participle done) (auxiliary) A syntactic marker .: A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be . Do you go there often? (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negation s with the indicative and imperative moods. Do not listen to him. I do not go there often.…
• English - Noun: do (plural dos or do's or (uncommon) doos) (UK, informal) A party , celebration , social function ; usually of moderate size and formality . We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday. 1980, Jona Lewie, Keef Trouble, “You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties”, performed by Jona Lewie: She was into French cuisine but I ain't no Cor do n Bleu / This was at some do in…
• English - Adverb: do (not comparable) (abbreviation, archaic, not comparable) Abbreviation of ditto . 1862 October 23, “The O'Connell National Statue”, in The Freeman's Journal, Dublin, page 2: Michael Higgins, 51, Back lane / John Mulligan, 53, do [1849], “Contents”, in J[oseph] P[hilip] Robson, editor, Songs of the Bards of the Tyne; or, A Choice Selection of Original Songs Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect.…
• English - Numeral: do The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.
• English - Anagrams: od , OD