doing

See also: doïng

English

Alternative forms

• doïng (pedantic)

Etymology 1

See do.

Pronunciation

• enPR: du'ing, IPA^(key): /ˈduːɪŋ/

• Audio (CA)

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Noun

doing (plural doings)

1. A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.

   This is his doing. (= "He did it.")

Translations

a deed or action

• Bulgarian: поведение (bg) n (povedenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 作為 (zh), 作为 (zh) (zuòwéi), 行為 (zh), 行为 (zh) (xíngwéi)

• Dutch: toedoen (nl) n
• Finnish: tekeminen (fi)

• German: Tun (de) n
• Japanese: すること (ja) (suru koto), 行為 (ja) (こうい, kōi)
• Latin: faciens (la) n
• Russian: поступок (ru) m (postúpok), деяние (ru) n (dejánije), действие (ru) n (déjstvije), дело (ru) n (délo)
• Turkish: etme (tr)

Verb

doing

1. Present participle of do.

Etymology 2

Onomatopœic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: doing, IPA^(key): /dɔɪŋ/

Interjection

doing

1. The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.

Synonyms

• boing

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: purpose · fall · pass · #546: doing · note · pay · red

Anagrams

• digon
• dingo
• Gondi