Word a Day
ado
What does ado mean?
ado (noun): trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use ado in a sentence?
- Without further ado, let's eat. (Tatoeba sentence #12597731 by urro, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce ado?
/əˈdu/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ado come from?
From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of ado?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “ado”?
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What does “ado” mean?
trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
Right! That's what “ado” means.
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
Not quite: that's what groom means.
a mental position from which things are viewed
Not quite: that's what standpoint means.
strength or force gained by motion or movement
Not quite: that's what momentum means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “ado”?
burden
Not quite: burden means something else.
flurry
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excess
Not quite: excess means something else.
patent
Not quite: patent means something else.
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