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ados

ados is the plural of ado.

Meaning of ado

Noun

ado (uncountable)

  1. Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.
    • Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
      It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
      But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
      What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
      I am to learn;
      And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,
      That I have much ado to know myself.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Noun (1) capitalized: ADOS

ADOS pl (plural only)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, plural, plural-only) Initialism of American Descendants of Slavery.

Noun (2) capitalized: ADOS

ADOS (plural ADOSes)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of assistant director of studies.

Proper noun capitalized: ADOS

ADOS

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.

Forms of ados

pluralADOSes

Questions about ados

What is ados the plural of?
Ados is the plural of ado.
What part of speech is ados?
Ados can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ados?
The plural of ados is ADOSes.

Words near ados in the dictionary

  1. Adornoian
  2. adornos
  3. adorns
  4. adorns oneself with borrowed plumes
  5. adorsed
  6. ados
  7. adosculation
  8. ADOSes
  9. Adoshem
  10. adosilog
  11. adosopine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ados (page history and authors); ADOS (page history and authors); ado (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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