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Does
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Does
DOES
, the third person of the verb do, indicative mode, present tense, contracted from doeth.Definition 2024
Does
does
does
English
Pronunciation
- (stressed) enPR: dŭz, IPA(key): /ˈdʌz/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /dəz/
- Rhymes: -ʌz
Verb
does
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
Statistics
Etymology 2
From the noun doe (“female deer”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: dōz, IPA(key): /doʊz/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dōz, IPA(key): /dəʊz/
- Rhymes: -əʊz
- Homophones: dohs, doughs, doze, dos (in music)
Noun
does
- plural of doe
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dus/
Etymology
Borrowing from West Frisian dûs.
Adjective
does (comparative doezer, superlative meest does or doest)
Inflection
Inflection of does | ||||
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uninflected | does | |||
inflected | doeze | |||
comparative | doezer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | does | doezer | het doest het doeste |
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indefinite | m./f. sing. | doeze | doezere | doeste |
n. sing. | does | doezer | doeste | |
plural | doeze | doezere | doeste | |
definite | doeze | doezere | doeste | |
partitive | does | doezers | — |
Derived terms
Welsh
Verb
does
- (colloquial) third-person singular existential negative of bod
- Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.
- There’s no milk in the house.
- Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.