doing

[ doo-ing ]
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noun
  1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing.

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

Origin of doing

1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English; do1 + -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for doing

doing

/ (ˈduːɪŋ) /


noun
  1. an action or the performance of an action: whose doing is this?

  2. informal a beating or castigation

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