Does

Word DOES
Character 4
Hyphenation does
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Does"

What do we mean by does?

The third person singular of the present indicative of the verb do. See do. noun

The 3d pers. sing. pres. of do.

Plural form of doe. noun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of do. verb

(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

To perform; to execute.

To cause, make (someone) (do something).

To suffice.

To be reasonable or acceptable.

(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).

To fare, perform (well or poorly).

(chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.

To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

To cook.

To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.

To treat in a certain way.

To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)

To impersonate or depict.

(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

To kill.

To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

To punish for a misdemeanor.

To have sex with. (See also do it)

To cheat or swindle.

To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

To finish.

To work as a domestic servant (with for).

(auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

(ditransitive) To make or provide.

To injure (one's own body part).

To take drugs.

(in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

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The word "does" in example sentences

Hence, even if ˜Socrates does not exist™ were to contain the predicate ˜does not exist™, the property stood for by that predicate could at most be a Cambridge one; and Cambridge properties can be acquired even by individuals that do not exist at the time. ❋ Miller, Barry (2002)

It does not follow that they are able to marry her, but it _does_ follow that, meet whom they may later, no one will ever oust from her place that first woman in their memories. ❋ Giberne Sieveking (N/A)

Now that I have told you what it does _not_ mean, let me try to make plain just what it _does_ mean. ❋ John Spargo (1921)

“I am surprised, Steerforth—although your candour does you honour, ” said Mr. Creakle, “does you honour, certainly—I am surprised, Steerforth, I must say, that you should attach such an epithet to any person employed and paid in Salem House, Sir. ❋ Unknown (1917)

[38] If this does not mean that England was an accessory before the fact to the murder of the Archduke, what _does_ it mean? ❋ William Archer (1890)

The negro does not censure the white man for his conclusions as they are the logical consequence of his premises, but he _does_ object to his premises. ❋ Various (1888)

Cheap seed -- and that means _poor_ seed, _always_ -- does not contain the varieties of grasses necessary to the making of a rich, deep, velvety sward, and it almost always _does_ contain the seeds of noxious weeds which will make your lawn a failure. ❋ Unknown (1882)

The conclusion meanwhile is that, since Brahman does not fall within the sphere of the other means of knowledge, and is the topic of Scripture only, the text 'from whence these creatures,' &c., _does_ give authoritative information as to a Brahman possessing the characteristic qualities so often enumerated. ❋ George Thibaut (1881)

Poor Zillah does her best to persuade me that she _does_ know. ❋ George Gissing (1880)

He who does not think well of this makes a grave mistake, for while he thinks people will not know the inferiority of his work, there is always some one in the audience who _does know_. ❋ Margaret Blake Alverson (1879)

Fully admitting that it does not account for Mind (in the abstract) to refer one mind to a prior mind for its origin; yet my hypothesis, if admitted, _does_ account for the fact that _my mind_ exists; and this is all that my hypothesis is intended to cover. ❋ George John Romanes (1871)

What I want you to observe is, that though the master of the great time does not attempt portraiture, he _does_ attempt animation. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

He's clever enough now to trade beaver and bears from the red-skins; besides, he's (_puff_) a young rascal, and I'll be bound does nothing but lead the other boys into (_puff_) mischief, although, to be sure, the master _does_ say he's the cleverest fellow in the school; but he must be reined up a bit now. ❋ Unknown (1859)

"Of course it does," said Haco, "everything _does_ depend on somethin 'else, and everything will go on dependin' to the end of time: it depends on how you invest it, and what interest ye git for it." ❋ Unknown (1859)

What I want you to observe is that, though the master of the great time does not attempt portraiture, he _does_ attempt animation. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

And surely it is a case for congratulation, when some great, exciting question breaks out and jars these conventional idols, and so sweeps and shatters these party organizations and turns them topsy-turvy, that a man is shaken out of his harness, does not know exactly what party he _does_ belong to, and begins to feel that he has a soul of his own. ❋ Unknown (1847)

And as to the Priests of England, those who know them, as he does _not_, will pronounce them no whit inferior in this great virtue to the gentry, whom he says that he _does_; and I cannot say more. ❋ John Henry Newman (1845)

This gentleman, like all who speak of cholera, mentions circumstances as to the progress of the disease which he cannot comprehend, and Dr. Macmichael shows us what those circumstances are; but Dr. Macmichael does not exhibit to us _what does_ come perfectly within Mr. Jukes's comprehension, but which is not quite so suitable to the doctor's purpose. ❋ William Fergusson (1809)

Robertson does not allude to this, though _Walter Scott does_, in the list he gives of her admirers (as unfortunate) at the close of ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

Good sense has not so piercing an eye, but it has as clear a sight: it does not penetrate so deeply, but as far as it _does_ see, it discerns distinctly. ❋ Hannah More (1789)

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