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# ado

noun (ado; no plural)

«ado» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) Fuss, bustle or trouble. «Without ado» means at once, without delay or fuss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ado/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a hero acts «without ado», quickly and calmly, and does not stop to argue.

### Examples

- Don't make much ado about nothing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ado/#x1)
- Without more ado, he turned himself into a pike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ado/#x2)
- Without ado, he took Jack on his shoulders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ado/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ado» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ado/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ado» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ado.html) on Mova free.