(also do ) / dəʊ; NAmE doʊ/ noun
( music ) the 1st and 8th note of a major scale
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 18th cent.: from Italian do , an arbitrarily chosen syllable replacing ut , taken from a Latin hymn.
(also do ) / dəʊ; NAmE doʊ/ noun
( music ) the 1st and 8th note of a major scale
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 18th cent.: from Italian do , an arbitrarily chosen syllable replacing ut , taken from a Latin hymn.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005