- present participle of do.
doing
Americannoun
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doings
plural
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action; performance; execution.
Your misfortune is not of my doing.
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doings, deeds; proceedings; happenings; events.
noun
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an action or the performance of an action
whose doing is this?
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informal a beating or castigation
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Origin of doing
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For now, Dell says his company is doing fine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"I'm very appreciative for everything that's going on right now, and thank my lucky stars. I just hope I'm doing Wales proud, to be honest."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
He also ruled out doing a TV series, despite serving as an executive producer on the long-running "Fargo" television adaptation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
They also have an obligation to tell the public what they are doing and why.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Asians, Hispanics, whites, and Blacks work, pray, study, and play together and are paid the same salary for doing the same work at the compound.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Tawdry doings, perhaps, by contemporary standards, but highly effective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But given the governing bodies’ reputation for shadowy financial doings, there are reasons to think much of the money will never be properly accounted for.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Pike’s louche doings made for great newspaper copy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
Shortly after their win, the internet was awash with rumors about the less-than-perfect doings of PG One’s personal life.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
Travelers to the village were rare, but occasionally a peddler would come through the village, selling "penny dreadful" accounts of grisly murders, fateful encounters, dire doings and remarkable escapes.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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