door

• doore, durre (obsolete)

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dô, IPA^(key): /dɔː/
• (General American) enPR: dôr, IPA^(key): /dɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: dōrʹ, IPA^(key): /do(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /doə/
• (non-rhotic, dough–door merger, African-American Vernacular) IPA^(key): /doʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophone: d'or
• Homophone: daw (non-rhotic)
• Homophone: dour (in one pronunciation, with the pour–poor merger)
• Homophone: dough (dough–door merger)

door (plural doors)

1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

   I knocked on the vice president's door

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […] , down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’

2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.

   the 24 doors in an Advent calendar

3. (immigration) An entry point.
4. (figurative) A means of approach or access.

   Learning is the door to wisdom.

5. (figurative) A possibility.

   to leave the door open

   all doors are open to somebody

6. (figurative) A barrier.

   Keep a door on your anger.

7. (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
8. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.

   The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in.

• front door
• plantation door
• sliding door

• handle
• latch
• lock

• Belizean Creole: doa
• Sranan Tongo: doro

• gate

door (third-person singular simple present doors, present participle dooring, simple past and past participle doored)

2. (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
   • 2018 February 6, Helen Pidd, “I got 'doored' while undertaking on my bike. Was it my fault?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-15:

     Kerr has acted for numerous clients who have been doored, including one man knocked off his bike and on to spiked railings, and another who ended up hitting a tree.

   • 2019 December 15, Ben Spurr, “How an Ontario rule stops 'doored' cyclists from getting drivers' insurance info”, in Toronto Star‎^[2], Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 April 2024:

     He [Pete Karageorgos] said cyclists who are doored are entitled to claim accident benefits from the driver's insurer if they aren't covered by a policy of their own.

   • 2023 December 19, Angie Orellana Hernandez, “Being doored to death is a cyclist’s nightmare. How can it be prevented?”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

     To avoid being doored, cyclists such as Vilain, Davis-Overstreet and Michael Schneider monitor as many telltale signs as possible: shadows, brake lights, the actions of people sitting in the driver's seat.

• Rood, ordo, oord, rood, O'Dor, odor

• IPA^(key): /doːr/

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• Hyphenation: door
• Rhymes: -oːr

From Middle Dutch dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

door

1. through

   Hij schoot de bal door het raam.

   He kicked the ball through the window.

2. across, around (within a certain space)

   Dolenthousiast rende het hondje door de kamer.

   Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.

3. because of, due to

   Synonyms: vanwege, ten gevolge van

   Door files kan ik niet op tijd komen.

   Because of traffic jams I'm unable to arrive on time.

4. by, by means of

   Hij vermeed een confrontatie door de andere kant op te lopen.

   He avoided a confrontation by walking the other way.

• Afrikaans: deur
• Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
• Jersey Dutch: dœr
• Negerhollands: door
• Petjo: door
• Skepi Creole Dutch: door
• Sranan Tongo: doro
  • Aukan: doo
  • Kwinti: doo, doro
  • Saramaccan: dóu
  • → Kari'na: dorome
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhur, dhur-dhuran
• → Papiamentu: dor

door

1. through
2. forward, on

   Ondanks slecht weer ging het feest toch door.

   Despite bad weather, the party went on anyway.

3. (postpositional, directional) through (implying motion)

   Ik rijd nu de stad door.

   I'm now driving through the city.

4. (postpositional, spatial) across, around (within a certain space)

   Dolenthousiast rende het hondje de kamer door.

   Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.

5. (postpositional, temporal) throughout, round (occurring all the time – constantly or frequently – within a certain time period)

   Zij kon geen maaltijd meer binnenhouden en moest de hele dag door kleine beetjes eten.

   She was unable to keep a meal in her stomach anymore and had to eat little snacks throughout the day.

   Het hele jaar door waren er problemen met hooligans.

   There were problems with hooligans all year round.

   De kinderen waren de hele vakantie door in het zwembad te vinden.

   The children could be seen at the swimming pool throughout the holidays.

• Afrikaans: deur

From Middle Dutch dôre, from Old Dutch *dōro, Proto-West Germanic *dauʀō, from Proto-Germanic *dauzô.

door m (plural doren)

1. (now Southern, archaic) fool, moron
   • 1869, Frans de Cort, "Walter van de Vogelweide als paedagoog" (article including a poem), in Frans de Cort (ed.), De toekomst. Tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs, Vol. 3, No. 6, page 245.

     Past ook op uwe ooren / Beter dan de doren!

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   Synonyms: dwaas, nar, zot

• dwaas

• oord, rood

Inherited from Latin dolōrem m (“pain”).

• IPA^(key): /do.ˈoɾ/

door f (plural doores)

1. pain
   • 13th century, Afonso X the wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 206:

     ⁊ untou lle bẽ a chaga / ⁊ perdeu Log a door. / ⁊ poſſ el a ſua mão. / ben firme en ſeu logar

     And anointed well the wound / and soon the pain was gone. / And put his hand / very firmly in its place.

• doorida, doorido
• doorosa

• Galician: dor f
• Portuguese: dor f (see there for further descendants)

• dour

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur.

• IPA^(key): [duːr]

door (plural doors)

1. door

• “door”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

door

1. to choose