DOING
What does "DOING" mean?
The act of performing or carrying out something; activity or effort.
Meanings
- The activity or effort of accomplishing something; one's action as the cause of a result. The mess in the kitchen was entirely his doing.
- Things that are done; activities or proceedings, especially recent ones. She wrote home about all the doings at college. informal
- Present participle of 'do': performing an action or carrying out a task. What are you doing this weekend?
Word origin
The present participle and gerund of the verb 'do', from Old English 'dōn' ('to make, act, perform'), a core Germanic verb with cognates in German 'tun' and Dutch 'doen'.
Remember it
DOING = DO + ING - the bare verb 'do' caught mid-action, with '-ing' showing it's happening right now.
A little poem
Not the finished thing-
the hands still wet with the work,
the verb that won't end.
haiku
Wordplay
- “How's it going?” “Oh, you know - doing.” “Doing what?” “Exactly.”
What it teaches
Plans are nouns until you reach for them; only the doing turns intention into the world.
Quick facts
What does DOING mean?
The act of performing or carrying out something; activity or effort.
Is DOING a valid word?
Yes — DOING is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DOING?
DOING has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DOING come from?
The present participle and gerund of the verb 'do', from Old English 'dōn' ('to make, act, perform'), a core Germanic verb with cognates in German 'tun' and Dutch 'doen'.
What can DOING teach us?
Plans are nouns until you reach for them; only the doing turns intention into the world.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.