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

“But I never told him Avril and me were doing something together.”

From Los Angeles Times

She urged the city to keep its faith-based proposal as originally proposed, because doing so would create “more opportunities for congregations to build housing, especially in high-resource communities.”

From Los Angeles Times

I’m doing the best I can,” he said.

From Salon

Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp told MPs it came as "no surprise" that Labour was doing "the precise opposite of what they promised in their manifesto".

From BBC

Tuesday’s show was the best yet, with Knecht even doing the same shrugged shoulder celebration after his barrage of threes that Michael Jordan used in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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