verb
Used with be to say that someone is performing an action or activity.
What are you doing?
Common phrases & grammar
be doing something · keep doing something
American English
How to pronounce doing
verb · nounA1Very common word
DOOihng
/ˈdu.ɪŋ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Used with be to say that someone is performing an action or activity.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
nounformalless common
The act of carrying out an action or activity.
The doing of the work took several weeks.
Good to know
This noun use is formal and uncommon.
Common phrases & grammar
the doing of something
Related words & forms
Do is irregular: its past forms are did and done.