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( biology ) the chemical in cells that controls what characteristics animals and plants will have a DNA test

dO 1 © / du/ verb ( does / dsz; cL\z / do ing ,

did / did / has done / dAn / )

a word that you use with another verb to make a question Do you want an apple?

a word that you use with another verb when you are saying "not"

I like baseball but I don't (= do not ) like tennis.

a word that you use in place of saying something again She doesn't speak English, but I do (= I speak English ) . "I like football." " So do I."

"I don't speak Chinese." "Neither do I."

a word that you use before another verb to make it stronger

"Why didn't you buy any milk?" "I did buy some — it's in the fridge."do 2 Ф / du / verb ( does / ckz / do ing , did

/ did / has done / dAn / )

to carry out an action What are you doing? He did the cooking.

What did you do with my key? (= where did you put it? )

to make progress or develop

"How's your son doing at school?" "He's doing well." How are you doing (= how are you ) ?

to have a job

"What do you do?" "I'm a doctor."

to finish something; to find the answer I did my homework.

I can't do this math problem — it's too difficult.

to be good enough; to be enough Will this soup do for dinner? Which word?

Do or make? We use the verb do for many of the jobs we do at home. We do the dishes, the laundry and the ironing.

We always use make for beds: Make your bed after breakfast.

could do with something

to want or need something I could do with a cup of coffee.

do something over to do something again, usually because you did not do it well enough the first time If you don't do a good job on your homework, you'll have to do it over.

do without ; do without something to manage without having something

If the store is closed, we'll just have to do without coffee. have to do with someone or something

to be connected with someone or something

I'm not sure what his job is — I think it has something to do

with computers.

Don't read that letter. It has nothing to do with you!

dock / dak / noun

[count ]

a place by an ocean, lake, or river where ships go, so that people can move things on and off them or repair them dock verb ( docks , dock . ing , docked )

(used about a ship) to sail into a port and stop at the dock The ship had docked at Long Beach.

dOC .tOr Ф / 'daktor / noun [ count ] ( abbreviation Dr. )

( health ) a person whose job is to make sick people well again

Doctor Toby sees patients every morning. If you're feeling sick you should go to the doctor .

a person who has the highest degree from a university

doc • tor • ate / ' date^t / noun

[count ]

the highest university degree

doc . U • m6nt Ф / 'dakyomont / noun

[count ]

an official paper with important information on it a legal document

( computers ) a computer file that contains writing

doc • u • men • ta • ry / ^акуэ ' mentri / noun

[ count ] ( plural doc . u . men . ta . ries )

a movie, or a television or radio program about true things I watched an interesting documentary about Japan on TV last night.

doc • u • men • ta • tion awl

/ dаkyэmэn ' teifn / noun [ noncount ]

the documents that are needed for something, or that show

something is true

What documentation do I need to get a new passport?

dodge / dad₃ / verb

( dodg . es , dodg . ing , dodged )