HAVE A WAY OF DOING STH

Meaning of HAVE A WAY OF DOING STH in English

used to say that sth often happens in a particular way, especially when it is out of your control :

First love affairs have a way of not working out.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — n. act, deed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
Webster English vocab
DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAVE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
DOING — n.1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, effort …
Oxford English vocab
HAVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING — [noun] [U]Is this your doing? (= Did you do this?)It was none of my doing.Running a marathon takes some/a lot …
Cambridge English vocab
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Slang English vocab
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOING — n. 25B6; noun the doing of the act constitutes the offence : PERFORMANCE, performing, carrying out, execution, implementation, implementing, achievement, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Словарь английских идиом
WAY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOING — сущ. 1) мн. дела, действия, поведение, поступки fine doings these! ≈ хорошенькие дела творятся! I have heard of your doings …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HAVE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOING — 1. ʹdu(:)ıŋ n 1. делание; дело talking is one thing, doing is another - одно дело - говорить, совсем другое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAY — 1) дорога 2) путевой 3) путь 4) способ 5) средство 6) трасса • all the way to — вплоть apex of the sun's way — астрон. апекс движения …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAY — way сущ.1) путь; дорога This door is the only way out of the room. — Эта дверь - единственный путь …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOING — 1. ʹdu(:)ıŋ n 1. делание; дело talking is one thing, doing is another - одно дело - говорить, совсем другое …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAY — 1. сущ. 1) путь; дорога This door is the only way out of the room. — Эта дверь - единственный …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STH — брит. ; сокр. от south , southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HAVE — ( полная форма ); həv , əv , v ( редуцированные формы ) 1. гл. ; прош. вр. , прич. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOING — сущ. 1) акт, действие; деятельность; поведение, образ действий Syn: action , proceeding 2) мн. дела, поступки; свершения; события Syn: deed …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAY — 1. сущ. 1) путь; дорога This door is the only way out of the room. — Эта дверь - единственный путь из …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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