PERFORM
\pəfˈɔːm], \pəfˈɔːm], \p_ə_f_ˈɔː_m]\
Definitions of PERFORM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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get (something) done; "I did my job"
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give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
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perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
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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"
By Princeton University
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get (something) done; "I did my job"
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give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
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perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
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To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
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To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To do or carry out; execute; achieve; as, to perform an operation; to fulfil; to render or portray; as, to perform a part in a play.
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To act a part; to exhibit in public; as, to perform on the piano.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To do thoroughly: to carry out: to achieve: to act.
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To do: to act a part: to play, as on a musical instrument.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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