ado

See also ADO, adó, and -ado

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

Northern Middle English at do ("to do"), supine of Middle English do, don "to do". Influenced by Old Norse practice of marking supines using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå "to go"). More at at, do

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈdu/
• (Australia) IPA: /əˈdu/

Noun

ado (uncountable)

1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.
2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:commotion

Translations

to do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado

• Finnish: tekeillä (fi)

doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles

• Finnish: meteli (fi), mekkala (fi), älämölö (fi)

• Maori: utiuti (mi)

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• German: Getöse (de) n, Lärm (de) m, Mühe (de) f

• Turkish: gürültü (tr), patırtı (tr), telaş (tr), yaygara (tr)

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Anagrams

• AoD
• DAO
• do a, DOA
• oda

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French

Etymology

Shortened form of adolescent

Pronunciation

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Noun

ado m and f (plural ados)

1. (colloquial) teen, teenager