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/dɪd/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past of do
"Jeez, did I make a mistake!"
"Then ſhe with liquors ſtrong his eies did ſteepe, / That nothing ſhould him haſtily awake[…]"— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 254:
verbpast participle of do; done
"[…]But I don't care, I mean I don't even care. She shouldn't have did that.""— 2008 March 1, Jody Miller, Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 140:
nounInitialism of direct inward dialing.
nounInitialism of dissociative identity disorder.
nounInitialism of damsel in distress.
nounInitialism of digital input device.
nounInitialism of densely inhabited districts.
Sentence Examples
How long did you stay?
What did you answer?
I did it because he told me to.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He ____ all his homework before dinner yesterday evening.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
How long ____ you stay?
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He ____ all his homework before dinner yesterday evening.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
How long ____ you stay?