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do·ing (do̵̅o̅)

noun

  1. something done
    1. actions, events, etc.
    2. Dialectal social activities or a social event

doing Synonyms

doing

n.

performing, accomplishing, achieving; see action 2, performance 1.

doing Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: In an era where citizens are better informed and more inquiring doing doings to people will no longer work.
  • expose: Kenyon Confronts, and Panorama are two programs which claim to expose wrong doings in racing.

Adjective modifier

  • evil: The aliens were delighted as new life was created from their evil doings.
  • wrong: No matter how much Margaret tried to convert her husband from his wrong doings, she never succeeded.
  • daily: But our daily doings should be available for public scrutiny.
  • own: Never man got to heaven by the law: never a man got to heaven by his own good doings.
  • such: There will be such doings, and such things to eat!
  • human: That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Modifies a noun

  • something: I believe very strongly that the governments of the world should start DOING something.
  • anything: There was much talk of Mother Earth and saving the Planet, but nobody was actually DOING anything.

Modifying Another Word

  • actually: There was much talk of Mother Earth and saving the Planet, but nobody was actually DOING anything.
  • not: I am not DOING telly - I AM telly.

Noun used with modifier

thy: I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

Possessives

man: The word Karma, however, is often used to designate only the law's reaction to man's doings.

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