Do vs. Apologize
Doverb
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker
Doverb
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Doverb
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
Doverb
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
Doverb
(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliaries such as "be".
Doverb
(transitive) To perform; to execute.
Doverb
(obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
Doverb
To suffice.
Doverb
(intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
Doverb
(transitive) To have (as an effect).
Doverb
(intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
Doverb
To have as one's job.
Doverb
To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
Doverb
To cook.
Doverb
(transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Doverb
(transitive) To treat in a certain way.
Doverb
(transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
Doverb
To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
Doverb
(transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
Doverb
(transitive) To impersonate or depict.
Doverb
To kill.
Doverb
To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
Doverb
(informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
Doverb
To have sex with. (See also do it)
Doverb
(transitive) To cheat or swindle.
Doverb
(transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
Doverb
To finish.
Doverb
To work as a domestic servant (with for).
Doverb
Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
Doverb
(stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
Doverb
To make or provide.
Doverb
To injure (one's own body part).
Doverb
(transitive) To take drugs.
Doverb
to have a purpose or reason
Donoun
(colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
Donoun
(informal) A hairdo.
Donoun
Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
Donoun
(obsolete) A deed; an act.
Donoun
(archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
Donoun
A cheat; a swindler.
Donoun
An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
Donoun
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
Doadverb
(rare) lang=en
Donoun
A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by many as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.
Donoun
Deed; act; fear.
Donoun
Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
Donoun
A cheat; a swindle.
Do
To place; to put.
Do
To cause; to make; - with an infinitive.
Do
To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.
Do
To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.
Do
To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; - a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done.
Do
To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.
Do
To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.
Do
To cheat; to gull; to overreach.
Do
To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest.
Do
To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
Do
To perform work upon, about, for, or at, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, or the like.
Do
To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
Doverb
To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
Doverb
To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?
Doverb
To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.
Donoun
an uproarious party
Donoun
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Donoun
doctor's degree in osteopathy
Doverb
engage in;
Doverb
carry out or perform an action;
Doverb
get (something) done;
Doverb
proceed or get along;
Doverb
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Doverb
carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
Doverb
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
Doverb
create or design, often in a certain way;
Doverb
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself;
Doverb
spend time in prison or in a labor camp;
Doverb
carry on or manage;
Doverb
arrange attractively;
Doverb
travel or traverse (a distance);
Apologizeverb
To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
Apologizeverb
(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
Apologizeverb
To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
Apologizeverb
To make an apology or defense.
Apologizeverb
To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; - with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
Apologizeverb
To defend.
Apologizeverb
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing;
Apologizeverb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;
Apologizeverb
express regret for something that one has done wrong
