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

“Been doing lots of styling and all that stuff,” she said, nodding toward a rack of clothes in the hallway of an Airbnb in the hills above West Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times

As her evidence finished, Ms Wandelt sobbed loudly and was led away from the dock after shouting "why are you doing this to me?"

From BBC

He very much believes he’s doing right by Tulsa’s everyday people, a working-class community at the mercy of men like Donald Washberg and the capitalist power brokers silently enabling his political career.

From Salon

“I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it,” she said, before trying to remove her microphone.

From Salon

Norris has refused to name Stephen's other killers, saying that doing so would pose a risk to him and his family.

From BBC

Related Words

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