Meaning

1 senses

  1. To serve, especially as a substitute for something else.

    The old kettle did duty as a door-stop while we weren't brewing tea.

Examples

98 sentences

  1. You must do your duty, whether you like it or not.

    Ти повинен виконувати свої обов'язки, подобається це тобі чи ні. — ChickenKiev

    ruТы должен выполнять свои обязанности, нравится это тебе или нет. — odexed

    deDu mußt deine Pflicht tun, ob es dir gefällt oder nicht. — Waldelfe

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  2. I'm doing my duty.

    Я роблю свою роботу. — deniko

    ruЯ исполняю свой долг. — marafon

    deIch tu meine Pflicht. — raggione

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  3. One should do one's duty.

    Кожен мусить виконувати свій обов'язок. — deniko

    deMan sollte seine Pflicht tun. — raggione

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  4. I had to do my duty.

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  5. I've tried to do my duty.

    ruЯ пытался исполнить свой долг. — marafon

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Forms

does duty, doing duty, did duty, done duty
Base formdo duty · to do duty
3rd person singulardoes duty
Present participledoing duty
Past simpledid duty
Past participledone duty

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydo duty
he, she, itdoes duty

Past simpleLesson

all personsdid duty

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave done duty
he, she, ithas done duty

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill do duty

Word family

1 related words
Relateddouble duty

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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