The meaning of "what do you do"?
Hi everyone,

what's the meaning of "what do you do?"? Does it have several meanings?
(1) The first meaning may be a question of the job of someone?
(2) The second meaning may be the same like "How are you?"?
(3) ??

Thanks a lot:)

Question

The meaning of "what do you do"?
Hi everyone,

what's the meaning of "what do you do?"? Does it have several meanings? 
(1) The first meaning may be a question of the job of someone?
(2) The second meaning may be the same like "How are you?"?
(3) ??

Thanks a lot:)

Answer

Hi, "what do you do?" means "what is your job?"  "How do you do?" is a polite way of asking "how are you?"

Answer

"What do you do?" is also considered a short version of "What do you do for a living?" or "What do you do for work?".

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