perform

Verb

Verb Forms: performed, performing, performs

• To carry out, accomplish, or fulfill an action or duty.
• carry out or perform an action
• perform a function
  • "Who will perform the wedding?"
• give a performance (of something)
  • "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"
  • "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
• get (something) done
• To do (something); to execute.
• To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
• To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
• Of a man, to be able to initiate or fulfill an act of sexual intercourse.
• To act in a way set forth in a contract.
• To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
• To act in a way set forth in a contract.
• To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
• To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
• To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
• Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
• To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
• Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
• To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

Examples

• Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.
• Individuals in societies perform all the time.
• It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
• perform authority
• perform masculinity
• She will perform in the play.
• The accused only performed remorse.
• The magician performed badly—none of his tricks worked.
• The new employee performs well.
• The scientists performed several experiments.
• The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
• They entered into an agreement and now they are obliged to perform.
• To PERFORM well in Scrabble, one must master both vocabulary and strategy.

Synonyms

do, execute