doing

[US]/'duɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈduɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. action, performance, behavior, social activity; something that is being done; something difficult or unbearable.

Phrases & Collocations

busy doing

currently doing

doing well

doing laundry

doing yoga

doing homework

by doing

doing business

worth doing

by doing so

have been doing

in doing so

like doing

start doing

enjoy doing

keep doing

keep doing something

stop doing

will be doing

try doing

feel like doing

keep on doing

learning by doing

Example Sentences

the baby's doing fine.

they were doing sixty.

Doing is itself learning.

The patient is doing nicely.

bargain on doing sth.

a plan for doing sth.

Such doings will reproach him.

Put the doings on the table.

She is doing the room.

assiduity in doing sth.

inveigle sb. into (doing) sth.

Saying and doing are two things.

He is doing an unseen.

the barman was doing his accounts.

Real-world Examples

Papa Bear, Papa Bear, what are you doing?

Source: Shanghai Education Edition Oxford Primary English (Grade 5, Volume 1)

Every child under 15 appears to be doing it on laptops, iPads, consoles.

Source: BBC Listening September 2014 Compilation

The sort of stuff that I'm doing is absolute ephemera.

Source: Rock documentary

And what have you been doing recently?

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 3)

Walmart was also doing a lot of promotions.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2020 Collection

We will not mirror what Russia is doing.

Source: NPR News April 2019 Collection

What is that? What are you doing?

Source: Selected Electronic Love Letters

Sometimes I wonder if you're doing it deliberately.

Source: "Father in the Time" Original Soundtrack

" But what have you been doing? "

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

New York! What are you doing there?

Source: Learn American English from Scratch (Beginner Edition)

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