Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do without

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English

Syllables: do with-out
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To manage despite the lack of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"During the Great Depression, she learned to do without."
"I could do without the sarcasm."
"Let us consider the charges against this individual. Let us ask, Can we do without him?"
"We never owned a home. We moved all the time. But we never did without."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

does without (present, singular) doing without (participle, present) did without (past) done without (participle, past)

Phrases

make it do or do without

Synonyms

dispense with eschew

Questions

What does do without mean?: To manage despite the lack of.

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