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Webster 1913 Edition


Does

Does

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Webster 1828 Edition


Does

DOES

, the third person of the verb do, indicative mode, present tense, contracted from doeth.

Definition 2024


Does

Does

See also: does, dös, and -dös

English

Proper noun

Does

  1. plural of Doe

does

does

See also: Does, dös, and -dös

English

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) enPR: dŭz, IPA(key): /ˈdʌz/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /dəz/
  • Rhymes: -ʌz

Verb

does

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of do

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: end · rather · until · #243: does · Gutenberg · best · word

Etymology 2

From the noun doe (female deer).

Pronunciation

Noun

does

  1. plural of doe

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dus/

Etymology

Borrowing from West Frisian dûs.

Adjective

does (comparative doezer, superlative meest does or doest)

  1. sleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses

Inflection

Inflection of does
uninflected does
inflected doeze
comparative doezer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial does doezer het doest
het doeste
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


Portuguese

Verb

does

  1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of doar

Welsh

Verb

does

  1. (colloquial) third-person singular existential negative of bod
    Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.
    There’s no milk in the house.