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perform
Verb
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When you perform something, you do it.
Please come help me perform this task.
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People perform by entertaining an audience.
The actors are going to perform onstage soon.
The Royal Ballet is performing "Swan Lake" tonight.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
striptease
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noun
(= strip)
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
she did a strip right in front of everyone
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noun
(= stripper)
a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music