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do without

do without verb: to manage despite the lack of.

Verb

do without (third-person singular simple present does without, present participle doing without, simple past did without, past participle done without)

  1. (transitive) To manage despite the lack of.
    • Coordinate term: go without
    • If you are prepared to do without a break in the summer, we could have a really good skiing holiday in winter.

do without meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

do without in Tamil

இல்லாமல் சமாளி

do without in Malayalam

dispense with, forgo, abstain from
ഇല്ലാതെ കഴിക്കുക, കൂടാതെ കഴിക്കുക, ഒഴിവാക്കുക, വർജ്ജിക്കുക, ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക, വേണ്ടെന്നു വയ്ക്കുക

do without in Arabic

manage
اِسْتَغْنَى istaḡnā

Examples of do without in a sentence

  • During the Great Depression, she learned to do without.
  • I could do without the sarcasm.
  • He liked Tom all right. […] Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 16:

Synonyms of do without

Forms of do without

third-person singular presentdoes without
present participledoing without
pastdid without
past participledone without

Words formed from do without

Questions about do without

What does do without mean?
Do without means to manage despite the lack of.
What is do without in Tamil?
Do without in Tamil is இல்லாமல் சமாளி. See Do without meaning in Tamil.
How do you use do without in a sentence?
During the Great Depression, she learned to do without.
What part of speech is do without?
Do without is a verb.
What is the past tense of do without?
The past tense of do without is did without.

Words near do without in the dictionary

  1. do what it says on the tin
  2. do what one does
  3. do what you will
  4. do with
  5. do with mirrors
  6. do without
  7. do wonders
  8. do you
  9. do you accept American dollars
  10. do you accept credit cards
  11. do you believe in God

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: do without (page history and authors); do without (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); do without (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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