perform
verb (used with object)
performer
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a word derived from
perform.
Example Sentences
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Young performer Skye Newman faced what must have seemed like a very unusual X-Factor style panel - King Charles, Sir Elton, his husband David Furnish and Apple's executive chairman Tim Cook.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In contrast, as you can also see, the stock market was a well-below-average performer in the wake of the 5% of days in which the divergence was most extreme in the reverse direction.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Later, Fenton began to study the church organ, but rejected the chance to attend university and music college to pursue a career as a performer.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Dietrich was Hollywood’s greatest seductress, with conquests galore, male and female, but she was prouder of helping the war effort during World War II as a performer and war-bonds promoter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
So a composer may very well prefer to write an E sharp, because that makes the note's place in the harmonies of a piece more clear to the performer.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
