doer

See also dóer

English

Etymology

From do +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈduːə/, X-SAMPA: /"du:@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈduːəɹ/, X-SAMPA: /"du:@r/

Noun

doer (plural doers)

1. Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 295:

     Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...].

   • 2008, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian, 25 Mar 2008:

     In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:doer

Coordinate terms

• be-er

Anagrams

• dero, EDRO, Oder, redo, rode

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Afrikaans

Adverb

doer

1. way down there

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Norwegian

Noun

doer

1. Indefinite plural of do

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dolēre, present active infinitive of doleō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /du'eɾ/

Verb

doer (past participle doído)

1. hurt

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb doer

Notes:

• This is a regular defective verb of the -er group.
• An obsolete treatment is to add a circumflex in one conjugated form.
• An acute accent is added to few conjugated forms.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: doer.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doer
Personal	- Normally defective: doer	- Normally defective: doeres	doer	- Normally defective: doermos	- Normally defective: doerdes	- Normally defective: doerem
Gerund
	doendo
Past participle
Masculine	doído			doídos
Feminine	doída			doídas
Indicative
Present	- Normally defective: doo	- Normally defective: dóis	dói	- Normally defective: doemos	- Normally defective: doeis	- Normally defective: doem
Imperfect	- Normally defective: doía	- Normally defective: doías	doía	- Normally defective: doíamos	- Normally defective: doíeis	- Normally defective: doíam
Preterite	- Normally defective: doí	- Normally defective: doeste	doeu	- Normally defective: doemos	- Normally defective: doestes	- Normally defective: doeram
Pluperfect	- Normally defective: doera	- Normally defective: doeras	doera	- Normally defective: doêramos	- Normally defective: doêreis	- Normally defective: doeram
Future	- Normally defective: doerei	- Normally defective: doerás	doerá	- Normally defective: doeremos	- Normally defective: doereis	- Normally defective: doerão
Conditional	- Normally defective: doeria	- Normally defective: doerias	doeria	- Normally defective: doeríamos	- Normally defective: doeríeis	- Normally defective: doeriam
Subjunctive
Present	- Normally defective: doa	- Normally defective: doas	doa	- Normally defective: doamos	- Normally defective: doais	- Normally defective: doam
Imperfect	- Normally defective: doesse	- Normally defective: doesses	doesse	- Normally defective: doêssemos	- Normally defective: doêsseis	- Normally defective: doessem
Future	- Normally defective: doer	- Normally defective: doeres	doer	- Normally defective: doermos	- Normally defective: doerdes	- Normally defective: doerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	- Normally defective: dói	- Normally defective: doa	- Normally defective: doamos	- Normally defective: doei	- Normally defective: doam
Negative (não)	-	- Normally defective: doas	- Normally defective: doa	- Normally defective: doamos	- Normally defective: doais	- Normally defective: doam