1 VERB If you don clothing, you put it on. [WRITTEN ] □ [V n] The crowd threw petrol bombs at the police, who responded by donning riot gear.
2 N‑COUNT A don is a lecturer at Oxford or Cambridge University in England. ● N‑COUNT Lecturers from any university are sometimes referred to as dons . [BRIT ]
do|nate /doʊne I t/ (donates , donating , donated )
1 VERB If you donate something to a charity or other organization, you give it to them. □ [V n + to ] He frequently donates large sums to charity. □ [V n] Others donated secondhand clothes. ● do|na|tion /doʊne I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the donation of his collection to the art gallery.
2 VERB If you donate your blood or a part of your body, you allow doctors to use it to help someone who is ill. □ [V n] …people who are willing to donate their organs for use after death. ● do|na|tion N‑UNCOUNT □ …measures aimed at encouraging organ donation.
do|na|tion /doʊne I ʃ ə n/ (donations )
1 N‑COUNT A donation is something which someone gives to a charity or other organization. □ [+ to/of/from ] Employees make regular donations to charity.
2 → see also donate
done ◆◇◇ /dʌ n/
1 Done is the past participle of do .
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] A task or activity that is done has been completed successfully. □ When her deal is done, the client emerges with her purchase.
3 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] When something that you are cooking is done , it has been cooked long enough and is ready. □ As soon as the cake is done, remove it from the oven.
4 CONVENTION You say ' Done ' when you are accepting a deal, arrangement, or bet that someone has offered to make with you. [SPOKEN , FORMULAE ] □ 'You lead and we'll look for it.'—'Done.'
5 PHRASE If you say that something is over and done with , you mean that it is completely finished and you do not have to think about it any more. [SPOKEN ] □ Once this is all over and done with you can have a rest.
don|gle /dɒ ŋg ə l, [AM ] dɔː ŋg ə l/ (dongles ) N‑COUNT A dongle is a small electronic device that you can connect to another device, especially one that gives you access to the internet. [COMPUTING ] □ …the kit includes a speaker and wi-fi dongle.
Don Juan /dɒ n dʒuː ən/ (Don Juans ) N‑COUNT If you describe a man as a Don Juan , you mean he has had sex with many women.
don|key /dɒ ŋki/ (donkeys )
1 N‑COUNT A donkey is an animal which is like a horse but which is smaller and has longer ears.
2 PHRASE For donkey's years means for a very long time. [BRIT , INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □ I've been a vegetarian for donkey's years.
do n|key jack|et (donkey jackets ) N‑COUNT A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back. [BRIT ]
do n|key work N‑SING If you do the donkey work , you do the hard work or the less interesting part of the work that needs to be done. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]
don|nish /dɒ n I ʃ/ ADJ If you describe a man as donnish , you think he is rather serious and intellectual. [mainly BRIT ]
do|nor /doʊ nə r / (donors )
1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A donor is someone who gives a part of their body or some of their blood to be used by doctors to help a person who is ill. □ Doctors removed the healthy kidney from the donor.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Donor organs or parts are organs or parts of the body which people allow doctors to use to help people who are ill.
3 N‑COUNT A donor is a person or organization who gives something, especially money, to a charity, organization, or country that needs it.
do |nor card (donor cards ) N‑COUNT A donor card is a card which people carry in order to make sure that, when they die, their organs are used by doctors to help people who are ill.
don't ◆◆◆ /doʊ nt/ Don't is the usual spoken form of 'do not'.
do|nut /doʊ nʌt/ (donuts ) → see doughnut
doo|dad /duː dæd/ (doodads ) N‑COUNT A doodad is the same as a doodah . [AM , INFORMAL ]
doo|dah /duː dɑː/ (doodahs ) N‑COUNT You can refer to something, especially an electronic device, as a doodah when you do not know exactly what is called. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ The car has all the latest electronic doodahs.
doo|dle /duː d ə l/ (doodles , doodling , doodled )
1 N‑COUNT A doodle is a pattern or picture that you draw when you are bored or thinking about something else.
2 VERB When someone doodles , they draw doodles. □ [V ] He looked across at Jackson, doodling on his notebook. [Also V n]
doom /duː m/ (dooms , dooming , doomed )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent. □ …his warnings of impending doom.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you have a sense or feeling of doom , you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse. □ Why are people so full of gloom and doom?
3 VERB If a fact or event dooms someone or something to a particular fate, it makes certain that they are going to suffer in some way. □ [V n + to ] That argument doomed their marriage to failure. [Also V n to-inf]
doomed /duː md/
1 ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ to-inf] If something is doomed to happen, or if you are doomed to a particular state, something unpleasant is certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it. □ [+ to ] Their plans seemed doomed to failure.