What does doings mean?
Definitions for doings
do·ings
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Princeton's WordNet
behavior, behaviour, conduct, doingsnoun
manner of acting or controlling yourself
Wiktionary
doingsnoun
regular activities
doingsnoun
social events
doingsnoun
sewage.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Doingsnoun
Etymology: from To do. This word has hardly any singular.
I have but kill’d a fly.
———— But! how if that fly had a father and mother?
How would he hang his slender gilded wings,
And buz lamented doings in the air? William Shakespeare, Tit. Andron.The next degree was to mark all Zelmane’s doings, speeches and fashions, and to take them unto herself, as a pattern of worthy proceeding. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
If I’m traduc’d by tongues which neither know
My faculties nor person, yet will be
The chronicles of my doing; let me say
’Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake
That virtue must go through. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.At length a reverend fire among them came,
And of their doings great dislike declar’d,
And testify’d against their ways. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Never the earth on his round shoulders bare,
A maid train’d up from high or low degree,
That in her doings better could compare
Mirth with respect, few words with curtesy. Philip Sidney.After such miraculous doings, we are not yet in a condition of bringing France to our terms. Jonathan Swift.
Dangerous it were for the feeble brains of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 1.
Shall there be then, in the mean while, no doings? Richard Hooker.
ChatGPT
doings
Doings refers to actions, activities, or events that someone participates in or accomplishes. It is often used in the context of discussing what a person or group of people have been involved in.
Webster Dictionary
Doings
of Doing
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Doings
dōō′ingz, n.pl. things done, events: proceedings: behaviour.
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Anagrams for doings »
digons
dingos
dosing
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of doings in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of doings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of doings in a Sentence
We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.
Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.
We are human beings, not human doings. Every once in a while we need to stop and smell the roses, hear what is really being said, taste the essence of life, touch someone’s heart and see life for what it truly is, a journey with rest areas.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu:
Which steps they take, we will take 10 times more action. We are not afraid of this, but their doings are really inhuman.
Nikola Tesla, New York Times, October 19, 1931:
If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.
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