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verb · A1

Do

DOO/duː/

Perform an action, and build present questions and negatives: What do you do? I do not know. Do homework and do the washing are set phrases; make is for make a cake, make a mistake. Due means expected — different word.

Meaning

To perform an action; also used in questions and negatives.

Examples

  • “What do you do at the weekend?”
  • “Do you live near here?”
  • “I do the cooking on Mondays.”

Good to know

do + noun (homework). Questions: do you…? Contrast: make.

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