Doing and Play

Doing

Doing noun - Something done by someone.

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Play and doing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Doing".

Nearby Word: do

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Doing and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doing" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

good	good doing	good play
nice	nice doing	nice play
perfect	perfect doing	perfect play
popular	popular doing	popular play
Other adjectives: real, successful, big, serious, bad, infamous, main, dramatic, last, previous.

For all that Hammerman's one of the only forms of children's entertainment with the moral that too much work and studying is bad too, and it's also important to make time for play and doing creative things.

Source: Western Animation / Hammerman
Instead of doing a regular play-by-play, they frequently mocked the "athletes" (including giving them nicknames) or took detours discussing weird topics.

Source: MST
When she does let boys in, they only join because in her club they get to screw around and play instead of doing work.

Source: You Go, Girl!

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