do

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. perform, achieve, contrive, manage; solve, finish, work out; serve, render; informal, swindle, defraud. See action, completion, production.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To discharge one's responsibilities]

Syn. effect, execute, accomplish; see achieve 1 , act 1 , perform 1 , succeed 1 .

2. [To execute commands or instructions]

Syn. carry out, complete, fulfill; see obey 1 , perform 1 .

3. [To bring to a close]

Syn. fulfill, finish, conclude; see achieve 1 , end 1 .

4. [To cause]

Syn. bring about, produce, effect; see begin 1 , cause 2 , create 2 , produce 2 .

5. [To suffice]

Syn. serve, be sufficient, give satisfaction; see satisfy 3 .

6. [To solve]

Syn. figure out, work out, decipher; see solve .

7. [To fare]

Syn. get along, manage, proceed; see advance 1 .

8. [To present a play, etc.]

Syn. give, put on, produce; see perform 2 .

9. [To attend to]

Syn. make, arrange, deal with; see arrange 2 , prepare 1 .

10. [To travel]

Syn. journey, explore, tour, visit; see travel 2 .

11. [To conduct oneself]

Syn. behave, acquit oneself, seem, appear; see behave 2 .

12. [*To use, as a drug]

Syn. ingest, take, be on, be addicted to. See syn. stud at perform .

• have to do with,

Syn. be related to, be connected with, deal with; see concern 1 , treat 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. perform execute, carry out, complete, undertake, see to it, make, cause, bring about, produce, fulfill, engineer, *swing, effect.

2. complete fulfill, accomplish, dispatch, clinch, consummate, dispose of.

3. suffice serve, pass muster, be adequate, measure up, suit, meet one's needs.

4. act behave, conduct, comport, deport, operate.

5. travel through visit, cover, tour, pass through, explore, experience.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To begin and carry through to completion: execute, perform, prosecute. Informal: pull off. See DO. 2. To carry out the functions, requirements, or terms of: discharge, execute, exercise, fulfill, implement, keep, perform. Idiom: live up to. See DO. 3. To conduct oneself in a specified way: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, demean1, deport, quit. See BE. 4. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. Informal: make out. Idioms: make do, make shift. See THRIVE. 5. To produce on the stage: act (out), dramatize, enact, give, perform, present2, put on, stage. See PERFORMING ARTS. 6. To play the part of: act, enact, impersonate, perform, play, play-act, portray, represent. See ACTION, PERFORMING ARTS, SUBSTITUTE. 7. To prepare (food) for eating by the use of heat ; cook. See INGESTION. 8. Informal. To journey over (a specified distance): cover, make. See MOVE. 9. To meet a need or requirement: answer, serve, suffice, suit. See EXCESS, HELP. 10. Informal. To spend or complete (time), as a prison term: put in, serve. See TIME. 11. Slang. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang: diddle1, gyp, stick, sting. See HONEST. II noun Informal. A large or important social gathering: affair, celebration, festivity, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Slang: bash. See GROUP, WORK.