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do
verb as in carry out
Strongest matches
accomplish, achieve, act, close, complete, conclude, create, determine, end, execute, finish, make, move, operate, perform, prepare, produce, succeed, undertake, work
Weak matches
be responsible for, bring about, do one's thing, engage in, get ready, get with it, go for it, look after, make ready, pull off, see to, take care of business, take on, wind up, wrap up
verb as in be sufficient
Weak matches
be adequate, be enough, be good enough for, be of use, be useful, give satisfaction, pass muster
verb as in figure out, solve
verb as in act, behave
Strongest matches
appear, bear, carry, conduct, give, go on, manage, operate, perform, play, present, produce, quit
Strong matches
comport, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, impersonate, personate, playact, portray, seem
Weak matches
acquit oneself, come on like, get along, get by, make out, muddle through, put on, render the role, stagger along
verb as in travel, visit
Example Sentences
“I think people should be concerned, in the military and out of it, about the politicization of the military, and the attempt to use it to do the president’s personal will,” said Benjamin Friedman, policy director of the Washington-based think tank Defense Priorities, which advocates for restraint in U.S. foreign policy.
“We do not anticipate that the Missouri ballot initiative will have an immediate or drastic impact on those numbers.”
How dare scientists do research without an immediate practical application!
Scientists do things they’ve already done, and do them over and over again, changing one tiny variable at a time.
They do a lot of seemingly silly things in an attempt to re-create aspects of the world in a lab, where they can be monitored and replicated over and over and over.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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