perform - Definition | Dictionary definition of perform

Definition of perform

Verbs

carry out or perform an action

Synonyms:: do, execute

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perform or finish an action rapidly; carry
sing or play against other voices or parts; pipe up
begin to play or sing; declaim, recite
recite in elocution; elocute
declaim in an elocutionary manner; perorate
deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; scan
read metrically; serenade
sing and play for somebody; cut corners
do something the cheapest or easiest way; stunt
perform a stunt or stunts; cut
perform or carry out; blaze away
perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly; scamp
perform hastily and carelessly; churn out
perform in a mechanical way; premier, premiere
perform a work for the first time; star
be the star in a performance; co-star
be the co-star in a performance; appear
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; practice, practise, rehearse
engage in a rehearsal (of); walk through
perform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal; scrimmage
practice playing (a sport); ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise, improvize
perform without preparation; interpret, render
give an interpretation or rendition of; sing
deliver by singing; conduct, direct, lead
lead, as in the performance of a composition; make
perform or carry out; pay
render

perform a function

"Who will perform the wedding?"

Types:: church
perform a special church rite or service for; officiate
act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; marry, splice, tie, wed
perform a marriage ceremony

Type of:: act, move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

give a performance (of something)

"Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"

"We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

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tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; barnstorm
appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper; interlude
perform an interlude; grandstand
perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; solo
perform a piece written for a single instrument; play out
perform or be performed to the end; underperform
perform too rarely; sight-read, sightread
perform music from a score without having seen the score before; sight-sing, sightsing
sing from a score without having seen it before; rap
perform rap music; give
perform for an audience; concertise, concertize
give concerts; perform in concerts; play
perform on a certain location; debut
make one's debut; audition, try out
perform in order to get a role; read
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; act, play, playact, roleplay
perform on a stage or theater; stooge
act as the stooge; mime, pantomime
act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; ham, ham it up, overact, overplay
exaggerate one's acting; underact, underplay
act (a role) with great restraint; play
play on an instrument; sound off, strike up
start playing; swing
play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm; symphonise, symphonize
play or sound together, in harmony; accompany, follow, play along
perform an accompaniment to; bow
play on a string instrument with a bow; busk
play music in a public place and solicit money for it; conduct
lead musicians in the performance of

Type of:: re-create
create anew

get (something) done

Synonyms:: do

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perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected; turn
accomplish by rotating; underachieve, underperform
perform less well or with less success than expected; misdo
do wrongly or improperly; do one's best, give full measure, give one's best, go all out
perform a task as well as possible; ply
apply oneself diligently