does

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From the noun doe (“female deer”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dōz, IPA: /dəʊz/, X-SAMPA: /d@Uz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊz
• Homophones: dohs, doughs, doze, dos (in music)

Noun

does

1. Plural form of doe

Etymology 2

From the verb do.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: dŭz, IPA: /ˈdʌz/, X-SAMPA: /ˈdVz/
• (unstressed) IPA: /dəz/, X-SAMPA: /d@z/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• 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

Anagrams

• dose, odes, SOED

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Portuguese

Verb

does (infinitive: doar)

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