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Pronunciations (3)
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/əˈduː/
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/əˈdjuː/
Pronunciation notes
- hypercorrect
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əˈduː
Noun
Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.
Usage- Uncountable
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More examples (2)
Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a wantwit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.
Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”
Noun
a rapid active commotion