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Webster 1913 Edition


Ado

A-do′

(ȧ-doō′)
, (1)
Verb.
inf.
, (2)
Noun.
[OE.
at do
, northern form for
to do
. Cf.
Affair
.]
1.
To do; in doing;
as, there is nothing
ado
.
“What is here ado?”
J. Newton.
2.
Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle;
as, to make a great
ado
about trifles
.
With much
ado
, he partly kept awake.
Dryden.
Let’s follow to see the end of this
ado
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Ado

ADO'

,
Noun.
Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade one with much ado.

Definition 2024


Ado

Ado

See also: ado, ADO, adó, and -ado

Italian

Proper noun

Ado (m)

  1. A male given name

Anagrams


Slovak

Proper noun

Ado m

  1. A pet form of the male given name Adam.

ado

ado

See also: ADO, Ado, adó, and -ado

English

Noun

ado (uncountable)

  1. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:commotion

Translations

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Anagrams

References

  • ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

Apocopic form of adolescent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.do/

Noun

ado m, f (plural ados)

  1. (colloquial) teen, teenager