Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fuss; trouble; bother.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A suffix of Latin origin, the Spanish masculine form of -ade, -ate, as in renegado, desperado, etc. In some words -ado is an erroneous form of -ada, as in
bastinado . See -ada. - To do.
- In doing; being done.
- noun Doing; action; business; bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty: as, to persuade one with much ado.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun To do; in doing.
- noun Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado.
- noun Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rapid active commotion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not being a Canadian, I can't specifically answer your question, but but my cuñado is a dual US-Mexican citizen.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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Not being a Canadian, I can't specifically answer your question, but but my cuñado is a dual US-Mexican citizen.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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My cuñado is an American citizen and one of his sons was born in México, his mother is from Canada but she has lived in The US for over 40 years.
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Not being a Canadian, I can't specifically answer your question, but but my cuñado is a dual US-Mexican citizen.
bilby commented on the word ado
A state of the USA, capital Denver, as perceived by people who are colorblind.
November 10, 2019