ado

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see also: ADO

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈduː/

Noun

ado (uncountable)

1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
   • circa 1596-97 William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i:

     smallcaps 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.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience:

     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.”

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

• French: cérémonies, manières, bruit, histoire, foin
• German: Getue
• Russian: затруднение

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ADO

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Proper noun

1. (computing) Initialism of ActiveX Data Objects

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