doings
- noun
- /ˈduːɪŋz/
:
actividades
- The detective was intrigued by the unusual doings happening at the abandoned house.
Our empathy is seen as their ticket to doing whatever they want.
- Our empathy is seen as their ticket to doing whatever they want.
- And that comes from everyday doing what you say you're going to do.
- And so being and doing merged when we're in flow, Yeah.
- This guy does not like doing research on the weekends.
- But there is a structural problem with our doing so.
Examples
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Everyone was gossiping about the doings of the local celebrity.
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It's in the doing that you become someone new.
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It's in the doing that you become someone new.
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We found Tommy's doing pictures in the middle of the road.
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Bookstores didn't have to be first, that was Jeff Bezos's doing, right.
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The neighborhood was abuzz with the doings of the annual festival.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An action people do for a purpose or for fun
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1.8
The main activity happening in a place or story
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3.4
An event that is unusual or important
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4.1
Things that happen, often unusual, secret, or maybe dishonest
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9.9
An informal event with lively activity and people
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9.9
A lively event that many people want to go to
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Surface Forms
Morphology
doings = doing (transparent) = do + ing + s
A straightforward plural of 'doing' meaning 'actions' or 'activities'; the meaning is directly derived from the base.
Etymology
Doings comes from doing, the noun from do that means 'an action' or 'something done'. So doings simply means the things people do — actions, activities, or events that often attract attention.