doing

noun

do·​ing ˈdü-iŋ 

1

: the act of performing or executing : action

that will take a great deal of doing

2

doings plural

a

: things that are done or that occur : goings-on

everyday doings

b

: social activities

Synonyms of doing

• thing
• action
• act
• feat
• deed
• achievement

Examples of doing in a Sentence

It's the doing of the good deed that is important, not the thanks you receive.

is that mess in the kitchen your doing?

Recent Examples on the Web

Not up to us are our bodies, possessions, reputations, public offices — in short, whatever is not our own doing. —Massimo Pigliucci, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026

Starting with all that stuff that marketing’s doing, being able to tie that down to financial metrics, and giving them credit for that, and board or executive conversations [about everything together] creates a lot of alignment as well. —Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

The nation was to be purged of continual sin not indeed all of its own doing—due partly to its inheritance; and yet a sin, a negation that gave the world the right to sneer at the pretensions of this republic. —James Folta, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026

The plight of China is partly of its own doing. —Dudley L. Poston, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing doing

• at the risk of (doing something)
• don't even think about (doing) it
• have a way of (being something or doing something)
• how someone is doing
• in the act (of doing something)
• in the process of (doing something)
• just/only doing one's job
• make a point of (doing something)
• nothing doing
• on/at the point of (doing something)
• take a lot of doing
• take some doing
• What do you think you're doing with
• what is (someone) doing with (something)
• what's doing

Rhymes for doing

• brewing
• chewing
• cooing
• cueing
• dewing
• ewing
• gluing
• hewing
• mewing
• queueing
• queuing
• screwing

Kids Definition

doing

noun

do·​ing ˈdü-iŋ 

1

: the act of performing or carrying out : action

it will take some doing to beat us

2

plural

a

: things that are done or that occur

everyday doings

b

: social activities

big doings tonight