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doing well

doing well is the present participle and gerund of do well.

Meaning of do well

Verb

do well (third-person singular simple present does well, present participle doing well, simple past did well, past participle done well)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, well.
    • He tries hard to tell a good joke but, alas, he does not do it well.
  2. (with infinitive) To take the prudent approach; to be advised.
    • He would do well to listen more carefully to his wife.
  3. To benefit, to favour.
    • The company did well by his family after he died.
  4. To succeed; to flourish.
    • Prosimians make good use of shelves, ropes, or swings and do well with natural substrates—such as vines, bamboo, and branches—to climb on or jump among.1998, National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates, →ISBN, page 58

Questions about doing well

What is doing well the present participle and gerund of?
Doing well is the present participle and gerund of do well.

Words near doing well in the dictionary

  1. doing time
  2. doing tricks on it
  3. doing unto others
  4. doing up
  5. doing violence to
  6. doing well
  7. doing well by doing good
  8. doing well for oneself
  9. doing with mirrors
  10. doing without
  11. doing wonders

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