perform
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 enact (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.
to exhibit behaviors associated with (a particular social role or identity): This study investigates the ways in which biracial Americans perform race in their day-to-day lives.
to behave in ways that exhibit (a socially acceptable belief, trait, or quality), often merely for show: Nineteenth-century British women found in the antislavery movement a perfect way to perform empathy.
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.
to have sexual intercourse: I could not perform in my first intimate encounter with the love of my life.
Origin of perform
1synonym study For perform
Other words for perform
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
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How to use perform in a sentence
Wooten, a nurse at the facility, was the first to raise concerns about the hysterectomies, which were performed by a gynecologist described as “the uterus collector” in a whistleblower complaint filed Monday.
A woman in ICE detention says her fallopian tube was removed without her consent | Nicole Narea | September 17, 2020 | VoxThat made it the third-best performing bureau, behind only the Foreign Service Institute and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
State Department offers murky analysis of job performance survey to justify inspector general’s firing | Karoun Demirjian, Carol Morello | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostThe new algorithm performs flips one at a time, searching for a solution.
A New Algorithm for Graph Crossings, Hiding in Plain Sight | Stephanie DeMarco | September 15, 2020 | Quanta MagazineDespite the turmoil, the firm is confident about its position, and its ability to perform for clients.
The losses continue to pile up for hedge fund king Ray Dalio | Bernhard Warner | September 15, 2020 | FortuneIf what you value is a player capable of performing within herself, well, you probably already enjoyed Hebard with the Oregon Ducks — and even more now in her time as a classic five with the playoff-bound Sky.
Which Players Have A Shot At Becoming WNBA Rookie Of The Year? | Howard Megdal | September 11, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’ | Marlow Stern | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth males and females at parties, weddings, and celebrations perform it.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread | IranWire | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTGirls perform better in school (though this does not, seemingly, result in higher wages).
I felt very free there to sort of, you know, perform…not just doing guys and dolls and stuff.
Daniels, 28, was allegedly the first to force “Jane Doe” to perform sexual acts on johns.
I ne'er heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did, than to perform it first.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouThe special license had arrived; the young clergyman who was to perform the service was located at Hartledon.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodOn some future occasion I may suggest how you may successfully perform your duties in your new position.
That is a very flimsy pretext, so that the fiscals may not perform their duties faithfully against the governor.
It took her twenty years to save enough money to perform her first journey!
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for perform
/ (pəˈfɔːm) /
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
Origin of perform
1Derived forms of perform
- performable, adjective
- performer, noun
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