perform
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (4)performs, performed, performing
- 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”Synonyms: executedoMore general act, moveMore specific function, conduct, rehearse, make, interpret, declaim, improvise, appear, blaze away, click off +10 more
- perform a function“Who will perform the wedding?”More general act, moveMore specific officiate, church
- give a performance (of something)“Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight”“We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera”More general re-create, recreateMore specific play, audition, act, give, solo, play out, barnstorm, rap, debut, underperform +5 more
- get (something) done“I did my job”Synonyms: doMore general carry through, accomplishMore specific go all out, misdo, turn, underachieve, ply, overachieve
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Translations
Verb to do, carry out
- Spanish
- realizar
- French
- effectuer
- German
- durchführen
- Italian
- eseguire
- Portuguese
- fazer
- Russian
- выполня́ть vypolnjátʹ
- Arabic
- أَدَّى ʔaddā
- Dutch
- uitvoeren
- Polish
- wykonać
- Swedish
- utföra
Verb to do something in front of an audience
- Spanish
- ejecutar
- French
- jouer
- German
- aufführen
- Italian
- esibirsi
- Portuguese
- interpretar
- Russian
- исполня́ть ispolnjátʹ
- Chinese
- 表演 biǎoyǎn
- Dutch
- opvoeren
- Polish
- wykonać
- Swedish
- uppträda
10 more languages
- Vietnamese
- biểu diễn
- Hungarian
- játszik
- Portuguese (PT)
- interpretar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 表演 biǎoyǎn
- Catalan
- interpretar
- Esperanto
- roli
- Finnish
- esittää
- Scottish Gaelic
- gabh
- Welsh
- perfformio
- Yiddish
- אויפֿטרעטן oyftretn
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. performen, parfourmen, parfournen, OF. parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par (see Par) + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; cf. L. performare to form thoroughly. See Furnish.
1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me.— Ps. lvii. 2.
Great force to perform what they did attempt.— Sir Philip Sidney
2. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
To perform your father's will.— William Shakespeare
3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
Perform a part thou hast not done before.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute; discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See Accomplish.
To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<programming> A COBOL statement used for executing "paragraphs". [What's a paragraph?]
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