perform

[ per-fawrm ]

/ pərˈfɔrm /

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verb (used with object)

to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.

to go through or execute in the proper, customary, or established manner: to perform the marriage ceremony.

to carry into effect; fulfill: Perform what you promise.

to act (a play, part, etc.), as on the stage, in movies, or on television.

to render (music), as by playing or singing.

to accomplish (any action involving skill or ability), as before an audience: to perform a juggling act.

to complete.

verb (used without object)

to fulfill a command, promise, or undertaking.

to execute or do something.

to act in a play: to perform in the role of Romeo.

to perform music.

to go through any performance.

(of loans, investments, etc.) to yield a profit; earn income.

Origin of perform

1250–1300; Middle English parformen < Anglo-French parformer, alteration (by association with forme form) of Middle French, Old French parfournir to accomplish. See per-, furnish

SYNONYMS FOR perform

3 accomplish, achieve, effect.

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synonym study for perform

1. Perform, discharge, execute, transact mean to carry to completion a prescribed course of action. Perform is the general word, often applied to ordinary activity as a more formal expression than do, but usually implying regular, methodical, or prolonged application or work: to perform an exacting task. Discharge implies carrying out an obligation, often a formal or legal one: to discharge one's duties as a citizen. Execute means either to carry out an order or to carry through a plan or program: to execute a maneuver. Transact, meaning to conduct or manage, has commercial connotations: to transact business.

OTHER WORDS FROM perform

per·form·a·ble, adjective per·form·er, noun mis·per·form, verb o·ver·per·form, verb

re·per·form, verb (used with object) self-per·formed, adjective un·per·form·a·ble, adjective un·per·formed, adjective un·per·form·ing, adjective well-per·formed, adjective

Words nearby perform

perforating wound, perforation, perforation gauge, perforce, perforin, perform, performance, performance appraisal, performance art, performance bond, performance indicator

Example sentences from the Web for performed

She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.

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However, they both did come to the U.S. and performed around the country.

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Like Edgar, he remembers a unique time when American rappers came down and performed at the Primer Festival de Rap Cubano.

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Now of course this song can be performed in any key, but it sounds best in Eminor and in my experience is often sung there.

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That meant the talent that DJ Brinsely hired that night performed for a skeleton audience.

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The distance is 670 miles, which could be performed in four days and six days, backwards and forwards.

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The operation was also performed with a sharpened Ethiopian stone, called tabona.

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Xeniades charged him with the instruction of his children, a task which Diogenes performed with great fidelity.

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Accordingly when this appointment was performed, she recovered her senses as well as before.

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Under all circumstances, it is advisable to let this dismemberment of dead and fallen cattle he performed at the knacker's yard.

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British Dictionary definitions for performed

perform

/ (pəˈfɔːm) /

verb

to carry out or do (an action)

(tr) to fulfil or comply with to perform someone's request

to present or enact (a play, concert, etc) before or otherwise entertain an audience the group performed Hamlet

(intr) informal to accomplish sexual intercourse he performed well

Derived forms of perform

performable, adjective performer, noun

Word Origin for perform

C14: from Anglo-Norman perfourmer (influenced by forme form), from Old French parfournir, from par- per- + fournir to provide; see furnish

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verb (used without object)

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perform

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of perform

SYNONYMS FOR perform

synonym study for perform

OTHER WORDS FROM perform

Words nearby perform

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