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1. perform [ v ] carry out or perform an action
Examples: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters" "the skater executed a triple pirouette" "she did a little dance"

Used in print:

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

And after several correspondents went_into Pathet_Lao territory and exposed the huge build-up , administration spokesmen acclaimed them for performing a `` great service '' and laid the_matter before the Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization .

(The Providence Journal...)

While the city_council suggested that the Legislative_Council might perform the review , Mr._Notte said that instead he will take_up the_matter with Atty._Gen._J._Joseph_Nugent to get `` the benefit of his views '' .

(The New York Times...)

But under the direction of Mira_Ziminska-Sygietynska , who with her late husband founded the organization in 1948 , it has all been put into theatrical form , treated selectively , choreographed specifically for presentation to spectators , and performed altogether professionally .

(The New York Times...)

Its ballerina , Olga_Moiseyeva , performs simple miracles of beauty , and Ludmilla_Alexeyeva , Inna_Korneyeva and Gabrielle_Komleva make_up a threesome of exquisite accomplishments .

(Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)

It was `` Duty '' he said that his parents had given him as a rule - beyond even the love that suffused his being and the sense_of_humor with which he was largely supplied - and it was duty he would perform , though it cost him acute pain and exhausted him by the age of fifty .

Synonyms do perform execute Related Terms conduct conduct make rehearse improvise interpret appear declaim turn_in click_off blaze_away cut_corners serenade cut stunt scamp pipe_up sight-read premier carry star churn_out performance actor

2. perform [ v ] give a performance (of something)
Examples: "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight" "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

Used in print:

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Howard_Mitchell and the National_Symphony perform in the first two releases , designed for grades one and two .

(The Providence Journal...)

The company which performed the Pulitzer_Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce , the politicians are in fine voice , the chorines evoke happy memories , and the Little_Flower rides to break a lance again .

I saw `` Fiorello ! '' performed in New_York by the original cast and I think this company is every_bit as good , and perhaps better .

There are some sharp and whipping lines and some hilariously funny situations - the best of the latter being a mass impromptu plunge into a nightclub tank where a `` mermaid '' is performing .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

They saw completely masculine and obviously virile men performing with incredible grace .

Synonyms perform Related Terms re-create conduct play audition play act play_out debut interlude barnstorm barnstorm rap underperform sightread concertize grandstand solo interlude give performing_arts performance

3. perform [ v ] perform a function
Examples: "Who will perform the wedding?"

Used in print:

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Whitey_Herzog , performing in right as the Orioles fielded possibly their strongest team of the spring , worked Keegan for a base_on_balls .

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

In carrying_out this program science has undoubtedly performed a very considerable service for which it can claim due credit .

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

It improves over-all balance and control for the bodybuilder , and helps to make Squats more easily and more correctly performed .

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

We perform elaborate international exhortations and ceremonies with virtually no understanding of social cause and effect .

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

In a properly ordered society the massive force of public_law performs the function which in natural_law theory ineptly is left altogether to a small_voice so often still .

Synonyms perform Related Terms act officiate officiate church

4. perform [ v ] get (something) done
Examples: "I did my job"

Used in print:

(Peter Wyden, "The Chances of Accidental War"...)

Accidental war is so sensitive a subject that most_of the people who could become directly involved in one are told just enough so they can perform their portions of incredibly complex tasks .

(Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)

With new mechanization the modern farmer must perform the work of six men : a machine stands between the agrarian and his soil .

Synonyms do perform Related Terms carry_through go_all_out ply turn misdo overachieve underachieve actor

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