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[ uh-doo ]

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noun

busy activity or bustle; fuss; bother:
Much more ado has been made over this allegation than the facts warrant.
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ado

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noun

bustling activity; fuss; bother; delay (esp in the phrases without more ado, with much ado )

ADO

abbreviation for

accumulated day off

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ado¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (north) at do, a phrase equivalent to at “to” (from Old Norse, which used at with the infinitive) + do do ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ado¹

C14: from the phrase at do a to-do, from Old Norse at to (marking the infinitive) + do ¹

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Idioms and Phrases

without further ado, without additional preamble, preliminaries, or other delay:
Well, without further ado, let's get down to the details of our master plan.

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Synonym Study

Ado, to-do, commotion, stir, tumult suggest a great deal of fuss and noise. Ado implies a confused bustle of activity, a considerable emotional upset, and a great deal of talking: Much Ado About Nothing. To-do, now more commonly used, may mean merely excitement and noise and may be pleasant or unpleasant: a great to-do over a movie star. Commotion suggests a noisy confusion and babble: commotion at the scene of an accident. Stir suggests excitement and noise, with a hint of emotional cause: The report was followed by a tremendous stir in the city. Tumult suggests disorder with noise and violence: a tumult as the mob stormed the Bastille.

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Example Sentences

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So, without further ado, here’s your step-by-step guide to risotto success.

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All right, without further ado, here’s the next episode.

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“We suspect this is much ado about nothing,” he wrote in a note to clients.

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Without further ado, let’s get into the nitty-gritty.

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In a letter to members of Congress, distributed by the Supreme Court and reported on by CNN, Alito argued that the controversy was much ado about nothing.

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