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perform English

Meaning perform meaning

What does perform mean?
Definitions in simple English

perform Verb

— When you perform something, you do it. Please come help me perform this task. — People perform by entertaining an audience. The actors are going to perform onstage soon. The Royal Ballet is performing "Swan Lake" tonight.

perform

— verb (= execute, do) 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 — verb give a performance (of something) Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera — verb perform a function Who will perform the wedding? — verb (= do) get (something) done I did my job

Synonyms perform synonyms

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perform English » English

do execute act carry out accomplish play make achieve conduct work fulfil operate observe effect appear run render keep implement behave present give complete represent function exercise discharge sing practise manage finish enact emerge commit transact show offer introduce hold carry on reenact realize put into practice meet depict administer abide by abide undertake produce

Topics perform topics

What do people use perform to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Music

Play music
Grammar General words

Do
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Person Life Marriage

Wedding
Person Life Die

Funeral
Social behavior Religion

Miracle, supernatural power
Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Religious ceremony
Work and occupation

Occupation

Conjugation perform conjugation

How do you conjugate perform?

perform · verb

Examples perform examples

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Simple sentences

He could not hide his disgust at the task he was to perform.
I am not qualified to perform this kind of work.
You must perform your duty.
Doctors refused to perform a second operation.
My robot will prepare meals, clean, wash dishes, and perform other household tasks.
It is one thing to promise, and another to perform.
I do not like to perform in front of others.
Tom and Mary were my backup singers back when I used to perform.
He, who kicks the pillar that stands on the bridge that leads over the river that flows through the village, in which lives the man, who owns the collar that bestows magical powers that perform miracles, dies.
I will perform my duties with pleasure.
Tom had to perform 100 hours of community service.
Tom has an important mission to perform.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.
You should perform regular maintenance on your car.
You must perform all assignments in a timely manner.
My band will perform this week at Chuck's Bar and Grill. Please come and see us.
Sperm banks perform screenings on the donors to reduce the chance of their passing on genetic and infectious diseases.
Full body scanners perform a virtual strip search.
Computers can perform a very complicated task in a fraction of a second.
Why are you staring at me as if I was a clown? Do you expect me to perform a stunt?
It's dangerous to perform this acrobatic act without a safety net.
Mary asked Tom to perform one of his magic tricks.
Humans can't perform miracles.

Movie subtitles

If we perform a procedure called a tracheotomy we'll be able to get oxygen directly into her windpipe.
At last I can put the Caligari theory to the test -- I now shall soon know if this patient can be compelled to perform deeds he would shrink from in his normal waking state.
That evening Helen was preparing to perform on the concert in the wardroom.
He stayed to perform an operation.
It Looks Like Marc's Been Ordained To Perform Weddings.
Go on, Louis, perform.
A trial for murder is the most solemn occasion upon which men can be called to perform a public duty.
To make him perform, he'd crack the whip on that spot.
Horace'll perform like a trained seal.
We won't know until you perform an autopsy.
You should perform for us one day.
Genius, perform for the lady.
You came here, not as a private citizen but as an officer with an official duty to perform.
A judge couldn't perform a marriage ceremony, could he?
And the idea was born. That he could collaborate With David Gill from the Cape Observatory to perform that huge task of measuring all the plates Gill had been collecting.
Aren't you excited to see Rasha perform tonight?
Have them perform thorough tests. See if they check out as normal.
Now I shall discover if it is true that a somnambulist can be compelled to perform acts that in a waking state he would never commit and would be repugnant to him.
Your Honor, I'd like your permission to perform a reenactment of the crime.
You know, it usually takes three hours or more, but for your entertainment, I'll perform a miracle.
Go on, Louis. Perform.
Our learned medico is going to perform one of his operations with an axe.
You're going to perform a wake.
May I perform elementary deductions?
Tonight you can perform once more, but do me a favour, sing something funny.
You're a gentleman, Director, but I don't want to perform anymore.
I'll perform something different, which will be more conclusive.
Yeah. I've got to perform an operation, and right away.
There's a banquet on the fifth of next month, and you wanted your sister to perform in it.
Dr. Weeks was the first to perform it.
However, if you'll come tomorrow morning at 11:00. I shall be most happy to perform the ceremony for you.
The renowned Professor Thales will perform for you. amazing feats of magic.
Here's Professor Thales. in the flesh, to perform his miracles!
Shall I perform the miracle of the sarcophagi?
But I have a duty to perform first.
Yes I know. - I'm you perform in a sailor costume, but I thought.
It's just. tonight I will perform something on the radio.
I didn't know prexies could perform marriages.
The judge will be here in a few moments to perform the ceremony.

News and current affairs

Reforms that succeed in one setting may perform poorly or fail completely in others.
Gallup's results, which form the basis of the World Giving Index 2014, indicate that approximately 2.3 billion people, a third of the world's population, perform at least one altruistic act per month.
Many live harmlessly in our bodies and perform useful functions.
Perhaps only one-third of the total volume of loans is problematic; the rest may or will continue to perform.
Women use those benefits anyway, whether they are stay-at-home moms or perform paid work outside the home.
Though students who attended preschool do not perform better than their peers in primary school, they do tend to earn more as adults.
BALTIMORE - As each new day brings word of another Wall Street bailout even more colossal than the last, one question presents itself with ever-increasing force: why does America's economy perform so badly under Republican presidents?
Recent revelations that many corporate executives have backdated their stock options, ensuring excessive compensation even when their companies perform poorly, are merely the latest in a stream of examples of bad business behavior.
However well or badly universities perform this task, their efforts to succeed at it are worth fighting for and deserve their governments' recognition and encouragement.
Rather, what the Ebola crisis calls into question is our reliance on the private sector to do the things that governments perform best.
Moreover, as it becomes increasingly difficult for currency markets to perform the role of orderly reconcilers, friction may arise among countries.
A well-educated citizenry is also essential if young men and women are to acquire the skills needed to perform the sort of jobs today's global and competitive world demands.
Other countries, especially in the south, perform poorly in most areas.
Drug companies often lament that the firms from which they are sourcing innovations do not perform clinical trials to their specifications, forcing them to repeat the work.
The Euro-skepticism problem can be tackled only if the Union itself starts to perform better, and is seen to be doing so.
The prisoners are housed far from anything like mops or other cleaning articles; they are given no chores to perform; and they receive no mail.
Iranians expect to perform on par with China and India.
Why does Africa continue to perform poorly, despite two decades of structural reform?
Unfortunately, sometimes prices fail to perform this signaling function properly, as the dot-com and housing bubbles in recent years showed.
Between now and May, Cameron must persuade voters that the British economy will continue to perform strongly, fueling an increase in real incomes.
These elements perform crucial functions, such as transporting oxygen, nutrients, and immunoglobulins (which defend against infection), and regulating water content, temperature, and pH level.
So, to avoid prolonged local slumps, it is critical that national fiscal policies can perform their stabilization role.
The local hospitals lack the equipment needed to perform many important procedures, like radiation treatments for cancer patients and heart surgery.
Whether China's economy can continue to grow rapidly will depend far more on its ability to reform than on how its stock markets perform.
But how will it perform?

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