Do vs Good - What's the difference?
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, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
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To perform; to execute.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
, volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), ''(The Faerie Queene), II.vi:
* W. Caxton
* Spenser
* Bible, 2 Cor. viii. 1
(transitive) To suffice.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
To be reasonable or acceptable.
To have (as an effect).
To fare; to succeed or fail.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
To cook.
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, passage=It seemed, from his account, that he was very good at doing scrambled eggs.}}
* {{quote-news, 1944, , , News from the Suburbs, Punch
, passage=We went down below, and the galley-slave did some ham and eggs, and the first lieutenant, who was aged 19, told me about Sicily, and time went like a flash.}}
* {{quote-book, 2005, Alan Tansley, The Grease Monkey, page=99, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=V63jCdQpv2kC&pg=PA99
, passage=Next morning, they woke about ten o'clock, Kev, went for a shower while Alice, did some toast, put the kettle on, and when he came out, she went in.}}
To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
* {{quote-book, 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, edition=1957 ed., page=, pageurl=
, passage=We 'did ' London to our heart's content, thanks to Fred and Frank, and were sorry to go away,
* {{quote-book, 1892, James Batchelder, Multum in Parvo: Notes from the Life and Travels of James Batchelder, page=97
, passage=After doing Paris and its suburbs, I started for London
* {{quote-news, 1968, July 22, Ralph Schoenstein, Nice Place to Visit, New York Magazine
, passage=No tourist can get credit for seeing America first without doing New York, the Wonderful Town, the Baghdad-on-Hudson, the dream in the eye of the Kansas hooker
To treat in a certain way.
* {{quote-news, 1894, , , , Harper's
, passage=They did me well, I assure you — uncommon well: Bellinger of '84; green chartreuse fit for a prince;
* 1928 , , "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in (Lord Peter Views the Body) ,
* {{quote-book, 1994, Jervey Tervalon, Understand This, page=50
, passage="Why you gonna do me like that?" I ask. "Do what?" "Dog me."}}
To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
* Bible, 2 Kings xvii. 34
To spend (time) in jail.
To impersonate or depict.
(slang) To kill.
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* {{quote-book, 2007, E.J. Churchill, page=153, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ytW6LcwIrXQC&pg=PA153, The Lazarus Code
, passage=The order came and I did him right there. The bullet went right where it was supposed to go.}}
(slang) To have sex with. (See also do it )
* {{quote-book, c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, section=Act IV, scene II, pageurl=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Titus_Andronicus
, passage=Demetrius'': "Villain, what hast thou done?"
''Aaron'': "That which thou canst not undo."
''Chiron'': "Thou hast undone our mother."
''Aaron : "Villain, I have done thy mother."}}* {{quote-book, 1996, James Russell Kincaid, My Secret Life, page=81, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=q2cQiUtWftwC&pg=PA82
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* {{quote-book, 2008, On the Line, Donna Hill, page=84
, passage=The uninhibited woman within wanted to do him right there on the countertop, but I remained composed.}}
To cheat or swindle.
* De Quincey
To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
(intransitive) To finish.
(UK, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for ).
* 1915 , Frank Thomas Bullen, Recollections
(archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
* 1844 , William Barnes, Evenén in the Village , Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:
(stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
(informal) To make or provide.
(colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(informal) A hairdo.
(colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument. (rfex)
Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts ).
(obsolete) A deed; an act.
(archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do
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(obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
(rare)
(lb) Of people.
#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.
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#*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.6
#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.
#Competent or talented.
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#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.
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, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
#(lb) Real; actual; serious.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Love no man in good earnest.
(lb) Of properties and qualities.
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##Edible; not stale or rotten.
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##Having a particularly pleasant taste.
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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
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#Pleasant; enjoyable.
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#Favourable.
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#Beneficial; worthwhile.
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, title= #Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.
(lb) With "and", extremely.
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(lb) Holy.
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(lb) Of quantities.
#Reasonable in amount.
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#Large in amount or size.
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#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.
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#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]
(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
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, title= (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
* Bible, Psalms iv. 6
* Jay
(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
* (William Shakespeare)
To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
To make good; turn to good; improve.
To make improvements or repairs.
To benefit; gain.
To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
As a noun do
is the bright time of the day (chiefly in adverbial constructions).As a proper noun good is
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English
(wikipedia do)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing ",
- Sometimes to doe him laugh, she would assay / To laugh at shaking of the leaues light, / Or to behold the water worke
- My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences.
- a fatal plague which many did to die
- We do you to wit [i.e. we make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia.
- "Here," she said, "take your old Bunny! He'll do to sleep with you!" And she dragged the Rabbit out by one ear, and put him into the Boy's arms.
Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
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- Upon my word, although he [my host] certainly did me uncommonly well, I began to feel I'd be more at ease among the bushmen.
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- They fear not the Lord, neither do they after the law and commandment.
''Aaron'': "That which thou canst not undo."
''Chiron'': "Thou hast undone our mother."
''Aaron : "Villain, I have done thy mother."}}
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- He was not to be done , at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy-five per cent.
- I've left my key in my office in Manchester, my family are at Bournemouth, and the old woman who does for me goes home at nine o'clock.
- ...An' the dogs do''' bark, an' the rooks be a-vled to the elems high and dark, an' the water '''do roar at mill.
- Do they do haircuts there?
- Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
Usage notes
* In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use and verbs had a distinct second-person singular present-tense form, the verb .Antonyms
* don'tDerived terms
* can do with * do a… * doable * do by * do by halves * do down * doer * do for * do in * do it * do right by * done * do-over * do somebody wrong * do the trick * do time * do up * do well by doing good * do with mirrors * do without * fordo * misdo * redo * overdo * to do with * underdo * undoSee also
Noun
(en noun)- We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
- After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do , in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.
- Nice do !
- (Sir Walter Scott)
- A great deal of do , and a great deal of trouble.
Synonyms
* (period of confusion or argument) to-do * get-togetherUsage notes
For the plural of the noun, the spelling is often used for the sake of legibility, but is sometimes considered incorrect. For the party, the term is generally used only by older adults and usually implies a social function of modest size and formality.Etymology 2
From (etyl) do.Alternative forms
* dohSynonyms
* ut (archaic)See also
(names for musical notes) * fa * la * mi * re * so * tiEtymology 3
Short for ditto.Adverb
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English
(wikipedia good)Etymology 1
From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.Alternative forms
* (poetic contraction)Adjective
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
Synonyms
* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplishedAntonyms
* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evilDerived terms
* come from a good place * do well by doing good * fight the good fight * for good * good afternoon * good and * * good books * goodbye * good day * good drunk * gooden * good-for-nothing * good graces * good grief * goodish * good job * good morning * goodly * goodness * good night * good to go * good works * the good die young * too much of a good thingInterjection
(en interjection)- Good! I can leave now.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , all from the adjective.Adverb
- If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good . You're big enough to do it.
- The one thing that we can't do...''is throw out the baby with the bathwater.''...'' We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this''... high-quality website.
Derived terms
* but goodEtymology 3
From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good .}}
- There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
- The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.