--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 45 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 45 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/44/) **45** [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/46/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) **diviner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell the future.[↗](../../diviner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king sent for a diviner.[↗](../../diviner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The diviner said the rain would come soon.[↗](../../diviner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.[↗](../../diviner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diviner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; (Prophets ISA.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diviner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Prophets ISA.44.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diviner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their upper lips; for there shall be no answer of God.[↗](../../diviner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diviner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **divinity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The quality of being God or a god; being divine.[↗](../../divinity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A god or goddess: «Roman divinities».[↗](../../divinity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (school, university) The study of religion and God; theology: «a Doctor of Divinity».[↗](../../divinity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (sweets, US) A soft white sweet made with egg whites and sugar (also «divinity fudge»).[↗](../../divinity/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus.[↗](../../divinity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans worshipped many divinities.[↗](../../divinity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle studied divinity before becoming a vicar.[↗](../../divinity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Zeus was the king of the Greek divinities.[↗](../../divinity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Egyptian temple was built for a sun divinity.[↗](../../divinity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She made divinity sweets for the church bake sale.[↗](../../divinity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This divinity was chiefly worshipped at Lampsacus, his birthplace.[↗](../../divinity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **divisible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In maths, a number is divisible by another number if it can be divided by it exactly, with no remainder.[↗](../../divisible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Divisible means able to be divided or split into parts.[↗](../../divisible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 12 is divisible by 3 because 12 ÷ 3 = 4.[↗](../../divisible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 15 is not divisible by 2.[↗](../../divisible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every even number is divisible by 2.[↗](../../divisible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 135 is divisible by 5 because it ends in 5.[↗](../../divisible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 81 is divisible by 9: 8 + 1 = 9.[↗](../../divisible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is 100 divisible by 4?[↗](../../divisible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Yes, 100 ÷ 4 = 25.[↗](../../divisible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sweets were divisible equally between the four children.[↗](../../divisible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **division** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts.[↗](../../division/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") 12 divided by 3 is 4.[↗](../../division/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A division is a part or group that a bigger thing is split into, like a division of a company or a sports league.[↗](../../division/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Division is also disagreement that splits people apart.[↗](../../division/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use division to share 20 sweets among 4 children.[↗](../../division/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the division with multiplication.[↗](../../division/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a division for the story.[↗](../../division/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 15 ÷ 3 is a division.[↗](../../division/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In 20 ÷ 4 = 5, 5 is the quotient.[↗](../../division/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned long division this term.[↗](../../division/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team plays in the second division.[↗](../../division/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cells make new cells by division.[↗](../../division/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, glaring at the Fox, he bade him make a fresh division.[↗](../../division/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'[↗](../../division/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../division/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD shall make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.'[↗](../../division/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../division/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The head was created from fire, the breast from water, and the body from air, which places them in equilibrium.[↗](../../division/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") \[3:7\] First Division.[↗](../../division/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../division/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.[↗](../../division/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../division/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.[↗](../../division/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../division/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.[↗](../../division/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../division/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **divisor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A divisor is the number you divide by.[↗](../../divisor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In 12 ÷ 3, the divisor is 3.[↗](../../divisor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A divisor of a number is also a number that divides it exactly with no remainder; 3 is a divisor of 12.[↗](../../divisor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") It is also called a factor.[↗](../../divisor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In 20 ÷ 4 = 5 the divisor is 4.[↗](../../divisor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · List all divisors of 12.[↗](../../divisor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The greatest common divisor of 8 and 12 is 4.[↗](../../divisor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The divisor is 6 and the quotient is 7.[↗](../../divisor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") What is the number?[↗](../../divisor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 1 is a divisor of every whole number.[↗](../../divisor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 7 has only two divisors, 1 and 7, so it is a prime number.[↗](../../divisor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The remainder must be less than the divisor.[↗](../../divisor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is 5 a divisor of 32?[↗](../../divisor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **divorce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The legal ending of a marriage, so the husband and wife are no longer married.[↗](../../divorce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To end your marriage to someone by law.[↗](../../divorce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To separate two things completely (formal: you can't divorce sport from fun).[↗](../../divorce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My parents got divorced when I was five.[↗](../../divorce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A divorce is when a marriage ends by law.[↗](../../divorce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the divorce, I stay with Dad at weekends.[↗](../../divorce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is never the child's fault when parents divorce.[↗](../../divorce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lots of my friends have divorced parents.[↗](../../divorce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They divorced but stayed good friends.[↗](../../divorce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If your family changes, talk to someone you trust about how you feel.[↗](../../divorce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Voyvode waxed wroth, and demanded a divorce.[↗](../../divorce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.[↗](../../divorce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.30.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../divorce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.[↗](../../divorce/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.21.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../divorce/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread; but there shall no common man eat thereof.[↗](../../divorce/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../divorce/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **divorcement** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The act of divorcing, or the ending of a marriage.[↗](../../divorcement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; (Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../divorcement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus saith the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away?[↗](../../divorcement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.50.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../divorcement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And I saw, when, forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot; (Prophets JER.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../divorcement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **divulge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To reveal a secret or private information.[↗](../../divulge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He would not divulge the name of the thief.[↗](../../divulge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not divulge our plan to anyone.[↗](../../divulge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **divvy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) To divvy up something is to share it out between people.[↗](../../divvy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK slang) A divvy is a silly or foolish person; it is a mild insult.[↗](../../divvy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, older) A divvy is a share or dividend, a part of the money that people get.[↗](../../divvy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let's divvy up the sweets so everyone gets five.[↗](../../divvy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We divvied the chores between the three of us.[↗](../../divvy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK slang) Don't be a divvy, you've got your shoes on the wrong feet\![↗](../../divvy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They divvied out the pizza slices.[↗](../../divvy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirates divvied up the treasure.[↗](../../divvy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK slang) My brother called me a divvy for forgetting my bag.[↗](../../divvy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dizziness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall.[↗](../../dizziness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can come from spinning round, standing up too fast, being hot, hungry or ill, or from a head injury.[↗](../../dizziness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Spinning round and round gives me dizziness.[↗](../../dizziness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt dizziness after standing up too quickly.[↗](../../dizziness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dizziness can be a sign of dehydration.[↗](../../dizziness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell the teacher if you have dizziness after a fall.[↗](../../dizziness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine may cause dizziness.[↗](../../dizziness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His dizziness went away after a rest and a drink.[↗](../../dizziness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ride gave me a moment of dizziness.[↗](../../dizziness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit down if you feel dizziness.[↗](../../dizziness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh! were I but loose; my dizziness would then cease; oh, were my head but loose!”[↗](../../dizziness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD hath mingled within her a spirit of dizziness; and they have caused Egypt to stagger in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.[↗](../../dizziness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dizziness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **dizzy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dizzy means feeling as if everything is spinning and you might fall over.[↗](../../dizzy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dizzy can describe something that makes you feel that way: dizzy heights.[↗](../../dizzy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, a dizzy person is silly or forgetful.[↗](../../dizzy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I spun round and round until I felt dizzy.[↗](../../dizzy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you feel dizzy, sit down at once.[↗](../../dizzy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Standing up too fast made her dizzy.[↗](../../dizzy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The heat made me feel dizzy, so I drank some water.[↗](../../dizzy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking down from the tower made him dizzy.[↗](../../dizzy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you feel dizzy after bumping your head.[↗](../../dizzy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was dizzy with excitement on her birthday.[↗](../../dizzy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Spinning rides make me dizzy.[↗](../../dizzy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon he became dizzy and faint.[↗](../../dizzy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dj** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) A DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music for people at a party, club or on the radio.[↗](../../dj/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal verb) To DJ is to be the DJ at an event.[↗](../../dj/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal, older) DJ can also stand for dinner jacket, a smart black jacket worn at formal events.[↗](../../dj/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The DJ played my favourite song at the school disco.[↗](../../dj/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a radio DJ in the mornings.[↗](../../dj/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to DJ at her cousin's wedding.[↗](../../dj/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The DJ asked everyone to put their hands up.[↗](../../dj/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He DJed for the class party with a laptop.[↗](../../dj/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) Dad wore a DJ and bow tie to the ball.[↗](../../dj/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Happiness y or a good end, or simply g(H\>dj TUBH.[↗](../../dj/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../dj/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **djinn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In Arab and Muslim stories and beliefs, a spirit made of smokeless fire that can be good or bad and can sometimes take the shape of people or animals.[↗](../../djinn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A genie, like the magic spirit in a lamp in the story of Aladdin.[↗](../../djinn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In the Just So Story «How the Camel Got His Hump», the Djinn in charge of All Deserts gives the lazy Camel a hump because he only says «Humph!» and will not work.[↗](../../djinn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Djinn rolled across the desert in a cloud of dust.[↗](../../djinn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Humph!» said the Camel, and the Djinn made his back puff up into a hump.[↗](../../djinn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old tale, a djinn came out of the bottle.[↗](../../djinn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Djinn in charge of All Deserts was riding on a whirlwind.[↗](../../djinn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Aladdin's genie is a kind of djinn.[↗](../../djinn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people tell stories of djinn who live in empty places.[↗](../../djinn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Djinn said, «You've had three days off; now work.»[↗](../../djinn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* dm is the short way to write decimeter.[↗](../../dm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A decimeter is 10 centimeters, and a meter is 10 dm.[↗](../../dm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stick is 5 dm long.[↗](../../dm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 3 dm = 30 cm.[↗](../../dm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add 4 dm and 6 dm.[↗](../../dm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which is longer, 1 m or 8 dm?[↗](../../dm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cube with 1 dm sides holds 1 liter.[↗](../../dm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is 2 dm tall.[↗](../../dm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dmd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a rare illness, passed on in families and found mostly in boys, in which the muscles slowly get weaker.[↗](../../dmd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Doctor of Dental Medicine: a degree held by some dentists, especially in the USA.[↗](../../dmd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) Other technical meanings, such as a part in some projectors (digital micromirror device).[↗](../../dmd/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school ran a fun run to raise money for DMD research.[↗](../../dmd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · DMD makes the muscles grow weaker over time.[↗](../../dmd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign said «Dr Lee, DMD», so she was a dentist.[↗](../../dmd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Children with DMD may use a wheelchair.[↗](../../dmd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · DMD is short for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.[↗](../../dmd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **dna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* DNA is the chemical inside the cells of every living thing that carries the instructions for how it grows, works and what it looks like.[↗](../../dna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* DNA is passed from parents to children, which is why children often look like their parents.[↗](../../dna/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) Something's «DNA» is the most basic part of what it is: «kindness is in our school's DNA».[↗](../../dna/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* DNA is like a recipe book inside every cell.[↗](../../dna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You got half your DNA from your mum and half from your dad.[↗](../../dna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · DNA is shaped like a twisted ladder called a double helix.[↗](../../dna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The detectives found DNA on the cup.[↗](../../dna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Identical twins have almost the same DNA.[↗](../../dna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists can read the DNA of plants and animals.[↗](../../dna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rosalind Franklin's pictures helped scientists see the shape of DNA.[↗](../../dna/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Being curious is part of our family's DNA.[↗](../../dna/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **do** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do is to carry out an action: do your homework.[↗](../../do/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Do helps make questions and «not» sentences.[↗](../../do/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Do you like cats?[↗](../../do/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") I don't know.[↗](../../do/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Do can stand for a verb already said: «Who ate it?»[↗](../../do/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") «I did.».[↗](../../do/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To do well or badly is to get on well or badly.[↗](../../do/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Will do» or «That will do» means that is enough or that is fine.[↗](../../do/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual, UK, Ireland, Australia) A do is a party: a birthday do.[↗](../../do/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rough) «Do» can mean hurt or punish: «I'll do you!», «he got done for speeding» (caught by the police); «done in» means very tired.[↗](../../do/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «perform», «carry out», «execute», «undertake», «complete» where a child would say «do».[↗](../../do/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many cards does Ben have now?[↗](../../do/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cards did Anna find altogether?[↗](../../do/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you have more pens than Ali?[↗](../../do/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you do your homework?[↗](../../do/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't like spinach.[↗](../../do/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's do a puzzle.[↗](../../do/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do your best in the race\![↗](../../do/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She does karate after school.[↗](../../do/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who wants cake?»[↗](../../do/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") «I do!»[↗](../../do/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · We're having a do for nan's 80th, need 20 chairs[↗](../../do/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Touch my bike and I'll do you.[↗](../../do/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Perform the indicated operation and state the result: 17 − 9.[↗](../../do/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they did eat there by the heap.[↗](../../do/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../do/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'[↗](../../do/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../do/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.[↗](../../do/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../do/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus shalt thou do six days.[↗](../../do/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../do/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people did yet corruptly.[↗](../../do/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.27.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../do/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Why did the knees receive me?[↗](../../do/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../do/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/44/) **45** [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/46/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/44/) - next →: [page 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/46/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)