doing

[ doo-ing ]

noun

1. action; performance; execution:

   Your misfortune is not of my doing.

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

doing

/ ˈduːɪŋ /

noun

1. an action or the performance of an action

   whose doing is this?

2. informal.
   a beating or castigation

Word History and Origins

Origin of doing¹

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

Example Sentences

If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.

From The Daily Beast

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?

From The Daily Beast

I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy…and it's a legacy that is so important to the culture.

From The Daily Beast

And then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.

From The Daily Beast

That video of you doing all the New York impressions went viral.

From The Daily Beast

She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.

From Project Gutenberg

He is perplexed and hindered by the lack of soldiers, but is doing his best with his small forces.

From Project Gutenberg

They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.

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We are apt to think of these little ones as doing right only when under compulsion: but this is far from the truth.

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While they were doing this, he assembled the officers around him, and the meaning of our night march was explained to us.

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Related Words

• accomplishment
• act
• action
• deed
• performance
• thing