PerForm
WordNet
verb
(1) Carry out or perform an action
"John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"
"The skater executed a triple pirouette"
"She did a little dance"
(2) Give a performance (of something)
"Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"
"We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
(3) Perform a function
"Who will perform the wedding?"
(4) Get (something) done
"I did my job"
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Etymology
performen < AF performer, alter. of MF, OF parfo(u)rnir "to accomplish" from par- + f(o)urnir "to accomplish, furnish" of Germanic origin akin to OHG frumjan "to provide", . See frame, from
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Verb
- To do something
- The scientists performed several experiments.
- It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
- To do something in front of an audience in order to entertain it.
- She will perform in the play
- The magician performed badly - none of his tricks worked.
- The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.