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doing

[ doo-ing ]

noun

  1. action; performance; execution:

    Your misfortune is not of my doing.

  2. doings, deeds; proceedings; happenings; events.


doing

/ ˈːɪŋ /

noun

  1. an action or the performance of an action

    whose doing is this?

  2. informal.
    a beating or castigation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doing1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English; do 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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"It needs determination, needs focus. You need to not be distracted by what other people are doing around you," she says.

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“But sometimes it ends up being three. Usually my Sundays are spent flying home, and I’m doing my leisurely things on a Tuesday at noon.”

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I always wanted to tour and I was very lucky that I was doing “Ted Lasso” so regularly and that was taking up pretty much all of my year.

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Those buildings “are doing extremely well,” he said, and some are more than 90% leased.

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"It affected your mental state so greatly that it impacted your ability to understand what you were doing," said Judge Thomas.

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