per·form (p r-fôrm )v. per·formed, per·form·ing, per·forms v.tr. 1. To begin and carry through to completion; do: The surgeon performed the operation. 2. To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill: perform one's contractual obligations. 3. a. To enact (a feat or role) before an audience. b. To give a public presentation of; present: My theater group performed a three-act play. v.intr. 1. To carry on; function: a car that performs well on curves. 2. To fulfill an obligation or requirement; accomplish something as promised or expected. 3. To portray a role or demonstrate a skill before an audience: The juggler performed atop a unicycle. 4. To present a dramatic or musical work or other entertainment before an audience. [Middle English performen, from Anglo-Norman performer, from Old French parfornir : par-, intensive pref. (from Latin per-, per-) + fournir, to furnish; see furnish.] per·form a·ble adj.per·form er n.Synonyms: perform, execute, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill, discharge These verbs signify to carry through to completion. To perform is to carry out an action, undertaking, or procedure, often with great skill or care. The ship's captain performed the wedding ceremony. Laser experiments are performed regularly in the laboratory. Execute implies performing a task or putting something into effect in accordance with a plan or design: "To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king" (Edmund Burke). Accomplish connotes the successful completion of something, often of something that requires tenacity or talent: "Make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week" (Robert Louis Stevenson). To achieve is to accomplish something, often something significant, especially despite difficulty: "Some are born great . . . Some achieve greatness . . . And some have greatness thrust upon them" (Shakespeare). Effect suggests the power of an agent to bring about a desired result: The prescribed antibiotics didn't effect a complete cure. To fulfill is to live up to expectations or satisfy demands, wishes, or requirements: All their desires could not be fulfilled. To discharge an obligation or duty is to perform all the steps necessary for its fulfillment: "I have found it impossible . . . to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do" (Edward VIII). |
perform
Verb
1. to carry out (an action): the hospital performs more than a hundred such operations each year
2. to present (a play or concert): he performed a couple of songs from his new album
3. to fulfil: you have performed the first of two conditions [Old French parfournir]
performable adj
performer n
performer n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | perform - 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" click off - perform or finish an action rapidly; "The game was clicked off in 1:48" carry - sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" pipe up - begin to play or sing serenade - sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers" cut corners - do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product" stunt - perform a stunt or stunts cut - perform or carry out; "cut a caper" blaze away - perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly; "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause" scamp - perform hastily and carelessly churn out - perform in a mechanical way star - be the star in a performance appear - appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage" ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize, extemporize - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" interpret, render - give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" conduct, direct, lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" make - perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| 2. | perform - perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?" church - perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" officiate - act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?" | |
| 3. | perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance barnstorm - tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month" barnstorm - appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" interlude - perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation" grandstand - perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to grandstand" solo - perform a piece written for a single instrument play out - perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election drama be played out?" underperform - perform too rarely; "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good" sight-read, sightread - perform music from a score without having seen the score before; "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread" rap - perform rap music give - perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York" concertise, concertize - give concerts; perform in concerts; "My niece is off concertizing in Europe" play - perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years" debut - make one's debut; "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera" playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" play - play on an instrument; "The band played all night long" conduct - lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" | |
| 4. | perform - get (something) done; "I did my job" accomplish, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, action, execute - put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" overachieve - perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected; "His daughter always overachieves" turn - accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" underachieve, underperform - perform less well or with less success than expected; "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year" misdo - do wrongly or improperly; "misdo one's job" do one's best, give full measure, give one's best, go all out - perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night" ply - apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade" |
perform
verb 1. do, achieve, carry out, effect, complete, satisfy, observe, fulfil, accomplish, execute, bring about, pull off, act out, transact
verb 3. present, act (out), stage, play, produce, represent, put on, render, depict, enact, appear as
verb 4. appear on stage, act
Translations
perform [pəˈfɔːm] vt (= carry out) → realizar, llevar a cabo;
(THEAT) → representar [+ piece of music]; interpretar
vi (THEAT) → actuar;
(TECH) → funcionar
perform [pəˈfɔːm] vt [+ operation, ceremony etc] → durchführen [+ task]; erfüllen [+ piece of music, play etc]; aufführen
vi → auftreten;
perform [pəˈfɔːm] vt (= carry out) → eseguire, fare [+ symphony etc]; suonare [+ play, ballet]; dare [+ opera]; fare
v perform [pəˈfoːm]
1 to do, especially with care or as a duty The doctor performed the operation. verrig يُنْجِز، يُؤَدّي изпълнявам provést udføre durch-, ausführen εκτελώ, εκπληρώνω realizar, efectuar, ejecutar sooritama انجام دادن suorittaa exécuter לְבָצֵע करना izvršiti véghezvisz melakukan framkvæma eseguire 行う (임무를) 다하다, 수행하다 atlikti, įvykdyti izpildīt; veikt menjalankan uitvoeren utføre, foreta dokonywać, wykonywać executar a face выполнять, делать urobiť, uskutočniť izvesti izvesti utföra ปฏิบัติหน้าที่ yerine getirmek 執行 виконувати انجام دينا tiến hành 执行
2 to act (in the theatre etc) or do anything musical, theatrical etc to entertain an audience The company will perform a Greek play; She performed on the violin. optree يُمَثِّل играя (za)hrát, provést fremføre; spille spielen ερμηνεύω, υποδύομαι representar esitama اجرا کردن؛ نواختن esittää jouer לְשָׂחֵק अभिनय करना, प्रदर्शित करना izvesti előad memainkan flytja, leika, sÿna eseguire, rappresentare 演じる 연주하다, 상연[]하다 groti, vaidinti, dainuoti, šokti uzvest (lugu); atskaņot; uzstāties membuat persembahan optreden, opvoeren opptre, medvirke, spille wystawić, zagrać representar a interpreta; a cânta исполнять, играть hrať izvajati izvoditi framföra, uppföra, ge, spela แสดงดนตรีหรือภาพยนตร์ oynamak, çalmak, söylemek 演出 грати, ставити اداکاري کرنا biểu diễn 演出
n perˈformance
1 the doing of something He is very conscientious in the performance of his duties. verrigting تأدِيَه изпълнение výkon, plnění udførelse die Ausführung εκτέλεση, εκπλήρωση realización, ejecución, cumplimiento täitmine, teostamine انجام suorittaminen exécution בִּיצוּע प्रदर्शन izvođenje,izvedba teljesítés unjuk kerja framkvæmd esecuzione, adempimento 遂行 수행, 실행 atlikimas, vykdymas izpilde; veikšana pelaksanaan uitvoering utførelse, innsats, prestasjon wykonywanie desempenho îndeplinire выполнение vykonávanie, plnenie izvrševanje izvršavanje utförande, verkställande การกระทำ yapma, uygulama 執行 виконання انجام دہي sự thực hiện 执行
2 the way in which something or someone performs His performance in the exams was not very good. prestasie أداء изпълнение chování, vystoupení indsats die Leistung απόδοση, επίδοση resultado, desempeño esitus عملکرد suoritus performance בִּיצוּע पालन, निष्पादन predstavljanje teljesítmény pekerjaan frammistaða esecuzione, resa 出来 성과, 성적 (veiklos) rezultatai, pasiekimai sniegums; rezultāts prestasi prestatie innsats, ytelse funkcjonowanie, osiągnięcia actuação performanţă поведение správanie, vystúpenie nastop rad prestation ผลงาน başarım, performans 成績 дія; вчинок کارکردگي sự thực hiện 成绩
3 something done on stage etc The company gave a performance of `Othello'; His last three performances have not been very good. opvoering تَمْثيل представление představení opførelse die Vorstellung παράσταση representación, actuación esinemine اجرا esitys représentation הֲצָגָה मंचन izvedbeno djelo,nastp előadás pertunjukan sÿning, flutningur, leikur rappresentazione 上演 공연, 흥행 vaidinimas izrāde; uzstāšanās persembahan voorstelling, optreden forestilling, opptreden występ, przedstawienie representação reprezentaţie представление, спектакль predstavenie predstava izvođenje föreställning การแสดงบนเวที oyun, konser, program 表演 вистава اداکاري cuộc biểu diễn 表演
n perˈformer
a person who performs, especially theatrically or musically. opvoerder مُؤَدٍّ، فَنّان في الموسيقى أو التَّمْثيل изпълнител účinkující skuespiller; musiker der/die Schauspieler(in) ερμηνευτής ρόλου, μουσικού κομματιού κτλ. σε παράσταση artista, intérprete esineja اجرا کننده؛ نوازنده esiintyjä interprète שַׂחקָן पालक, निष्पादक, कर्त्ता, अभिनेता vršilac,umjetnik koji nastupa (előadó)művész pemain flytjandi esecutore, esecutrice; attore, attrice; artista 演奏者 연기자, 연주자 atlikėjas aktieris; izpildītājmākslinieks penghibur artiest utøver, artist, skuespiller, musiker odtwórca artista interpret исполнитель, артист účinkujúci izvajalec izvođač aktör, skådespelare, utövare นักแสดง icracı, sanatçı, oyuncu 執行者，表演者 виконавець اداکار người biểu diễn 执行者，表演者
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