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to-do

to-do noun: a fuss made over something.

Noun

to-do (plural to-dos)

  1. A fuss made over something.
    • I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday.
    • Just because the city's throwing you this big to-do, don't think you're something special. You've done absolutely nothing to deserve this.2012 April 28, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, “The Voice in the Night” (14:46 from the start), in Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu, directors, The Legend of Korra, season 1, episode 4...
  2. A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list.
    • My to-do list has been growing longer every day.
    • I have so many to-dos, I don't know where to start.

to-do meaning in Malayalam

to-do in Malayalam

fuss, commotion, ado
ബഹളം, വിക്ഷോഭം, നിസ്സാരകാര്യത്തിനു ബഹളം കൂട്ടൽ, കോലഹലം, വപ്രാളം, തിരക്ക്

Synonyms of to-do

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Forms of to-do

pluralto-dos
alternative formtodo

Origin of to-do

From to + do, formed on analogy with ado. Compare affair.

Phrases with to-do

Questions about to-do

What does to-do mean?
To-do means a fuss made over something.
What is to-do in Malayalam?
To-do in Malayalam is ബഹളം, വിക്ഷോഭം, നിസ്സാരകാര്യത്തിനു ബഹളം കൂട്ടൽ. See To-do meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is to-do?
To-do is a noun.
What is the plural of to-do?
The plural of to-do is to-dos.

Words near to-do in the dictionary

  1. to-breads
  2. to-come
  3. to-date
  4. to-day
  5. to-days
  6. to-do
  7. to-do list
  8. to-do lists
  9. to-dos
  10. to-draw
  11. to-draws

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: to-do (page history and authors); to-do (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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