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- 1. carry out, accomplish, or fulfill (an action, task, or function): "I have my duties to perform"
- 2. present (a form of entertainment) to an audience: "the cast of 14 perform the play superbly"
Definition of perform verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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What does the verb perform mean? There are 21 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb perform, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. perform has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
PERFORM meaning: 1. to entertain people by acting, singing, dancing, etc: 2. to do a job or a piece of work: 3. If…. Learn more.
Perform Definition. To act on so as to accomplish or bring to completion; execute; carry out (a task, process, etc.) To carry out or execute an action or process; esp., to take part in a musical program, act in a play, dance, etc. before an audience. To admit of being performed as specified. A play that performs well.
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From Middle English performen, parfournen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Frankish *frummjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną, *framjaną (“to further, promo...
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈfɔːm/, [pʰəˈfɔːm], enPR: pər-fôrmʹ(General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈfɔɹm/, enPR: pər-fôrmʹRhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mHyphenation: per‧formperform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed) 1. (transitive) To do (something); to execute. 1.1. The scientists performedseveral experiments. 1.2. It took him only twenty minutes to performthe task. 1.1. 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine...
“perform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.“perform”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.“perform”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.perform meaning, definition, what is perform: to do something to entertain people, for...: Learn more.
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.
