doing
v.v. to perform an action, a job, or a task. You use this word for almost any activity when you don't need a more specific verb.
v. to perform, execute, or carry out an action or task. Functions as a primary transitive verb or as an auxiliary verb to form questions and negatives.
I am doing my homework now.
She is doing her best to finish the project before the Friday deadline.
While doing the research for his thesis, he discovered several inconsistencies in the original data that previous scholars had overlooked.
See do.
Onomatopœic.
Transitive when used as a main verb. As an auxiliary, it precedes the subject in questions and follows the subject in negative statements.
I am doing a mistakeI am making a mistakeLearners often confuse 'do' and 'make'; 'do' is for tasks and activities, while 'make' is for creating or producing something.