Phrase guide

to do with

prep · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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prep

Meaning 1

Related to or relevant to; concerned with.

Used directly after the verb have or have got.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • As I recall, his book had to do with alien abductions.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep

Meaning 2

Related to or relevant to; concerned with.

Used after the verb have or have got and a pronoun or determiner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • Does this have anything to do with the party you were planning?
  • The two concepts are often confused, but they actually have very little to do with each other.
  • Yes, I have a car, but what does that have to do with whether I am qualified for a desk job?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

prep

Meaning 3

Related to or relevant to; concerned with.

Used after a pronoun or determiner without the verb have or have got.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • She says she doesn't want anything to do with him anymore.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English to done wið.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَلَى صِلَة بِـ (ʕalā ṣila bi-) — relate or relevant to
  • Arabic: عَلَى عِلَاقَة بِـ (ʕalā ʕilāqa bi-) — relate or relevant to
  • Arabic: يَمُت لِـ (yamut li-) — relate or relevant to
  • Arabic: مرتبط بـ (murtabeṭ be) — relate or relevant to
  • Bulgarian: нещо, свързано с (nešto, svǎrzano s) — relate or relevant to
  • Bulgarian: нещо общо с (nešto obšto s) — relate or relevant to
  • Catalan: tenir a veure amb — relate or relevant to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跟......有關 /跟......有关 (gēn ... yǒuguān) — relate or relevant to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跟......有關係 /跟......有关系 (gēn ... yǒu guānxì) — relate or relevant to
  • Dutch: te maken hebben — relate or relevant to
  • Finnish: tekemisissä — relate or relevant to
  • Finnish: liittyä johonkin — relate or relevant to
  • French: avoir à voir — relate or relevant to
  • French: être en rapport — relate or relevant to
  • German: zu tun haben — relate or relevant to
  • Greek: έχω να κάνω με (écho na káno me) — relate or relevant to
  • Hebrew: קשור(ה) ל... — relate or relevant to
  • Hungarian: szól — relate or relevant to
  • Hungarian: kapcsolatos — relate or relevant to
  • Hungarian: köze van hozzá — relate or relevant to
  • Italian: entrarci — relate or relevant to
  • Italian: avere a che fare — relate or relevant to
  • Italian: avere a che vedere — relate or relevant to
  • Japanese: ...と関係ある (... to kankei aru) — relate or relevant to
  • K'iche': ilik uk' — relate or relevant to
  • Old English: belimpan — relate or relevant to
  • Polish: do czynienia z — relate or relevant to
  • Portuguese: ter a ver com — relate or relevant to
  • Portuguese: ter que ver com — relate or relevant to
  • Romanian: de a face cu — relate or relevant to
  • Russian: име́ть отноше́ние к (imétʹ otnošénije k) — relate or relevant to
  • Russian: име́ть о́бщее с (imétʹ óbščeje s) — relate or relevant to
  • Serbo-Croatian: имати нешто са — relate or relevant to
  • Serbo-Croatian: imati nešto sa — relate or relevant to
  • Spanish: tener algo que ver con — relate or relevant to
  • Spanish: tener que ver con — relate or relevant to
  • Swedish: att göra med — relate or relevant to