to-do

See also: todo and tōdo

English

Alternative forms

• todo

Etymology

From to +‎ do, formed on analogy with ado. Compare affair.

Noun

to-do (plural to-dos)

1. A fuss made over something.

   Synonyms: ado, bustle, fuss; see also Thesaurus:commotion

   I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday.

   • 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Last year, Russell Brand caused another to-do. This time he wasn’t playing nasty jokes on Andrew Sachs, or boasting about the millions of people he’d slept with; he wasn’t calling George Bush a “retard”, or giving a Nazi salute at the GQ awards, or turning up to work dressed as Osama bin Laden […] No, this time he simply made a political statement.

2. A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list.

   My to-do list has been growing longer every day.

   I have so many to-dos, I don't know where to start.

Translations

fuss — see also fuss

• Bulgarian: врява (bg) f (vrjava)
• Finnish: häly (fi), älämölö (fi)
• Lithuanian: sąmyšis

task

• Bulgarian: задача (bg) f (zadača)
• Finnish: tehtävä (fi)
• French: à faire
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: huskeliste (no) f, gjøremål n

  Nynorsk: hugseliste f, gjeremål n

• Spanish: pendientes (es) m pl, encargos (es) m pl

Anagrams

• do to, doot, OOTD