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TO-DO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disorderly outburst or tumult
Example:
they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
Synonyms:
commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("to-do" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "to-do"):
convulsion; turmoil; upheaval (a violent disturbance)
earthquake (a disturbance that is extremely disruptive)
incident (a public disturbance)
splash; stir (a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event)
storm; tempest (a violent commotion or disturbance)
storm center; storm centre (a center of trouble or disturbance)
garboil; tumult; tumultuousness; uproar (a state of commotion and noise and confusion)
Context examples:
That the man was highly intellectual is of course obvious upon the face of it, and also that he was fairly well-to-do within the last three years, although he has now fallen upon evil days.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is a good time to attend to duties on your to-do list that you never quite got back to doing and to return to people from your past, to reconnect, whether in friendship or business.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this middle-western city for three generations.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
