Definition of performs Performs
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What does performs mean?
Part of speech
🔤- performs, verb, present, 3rd person singular of perform (infinitive).
WordNet
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| perform - 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" | ||
| execute, do | ||
| click off perform or finish an action rapidly; "The game was clicked off in 1:48" | ||
| carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| pipe up begin to play or sing | ||
| declaim, recite speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" | ||
| serenade sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers" | ||
| cut corners do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product" | ||
| stunt perform a stunt or stunts | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| blaze away speak with fire and passion; "He blazed away at his opponents in the Senate" | ||
| scamp perform hastily and carelessly | ||
| churn out produce something at a fast rate; "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic" | ||
| premier, premiere perform a work for the first time | ||
| star mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" | ||
| appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | ||
| rehearse, practise, practice engage in a rehearsal (of) | ||
| ad-lib, extemporise, improvize, extemporize, improvise perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" | ||
| interpret, render make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
| conduct, direct, lead lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" | ||
| make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" | ||
| perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" | ||
| re-create form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world" | ||
| performing arts arts or skills that require public performance | ||
| barnstorm tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month" | ||
| barnstorm tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month" | ||
| interlude perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation" | ||
| grandstand perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to grandstand" | ||
| solo perform a piece written for a single instrument | ||
| play out become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast" | ||
| underperform perform too rarely; "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good" | ||
| sight-read, sightread perform music from a score without having seen the score before; "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread" | ||
| rap talk volubly | ||
| give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" | ||
| concertise, concertize give concerts; perform in concerts; "My niece is off concertizing in Europe" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| debut appear for the first time in public; "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out" | ||
| audition, try out perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway" | ||
| playact, roleplay, act, play behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| conduct lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" | ||
| perform - perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?" | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| church perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth" | ||
| officiate perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary" | ||
| perform - get (something) done; "I did my job" | ||
| do | ||
| accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, execute institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" | ||
| overachieve perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected; "His daughter always overachieves" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| underachieve, underperform perform less well or with less success than expected; "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year" | ||
| misdo do wrongly or improperly; "misdo one's job" | ||
| do one's best, give full measure, give one's best, go all out perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night" | ||
| ply use diligently; "ply your wits!" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- perform (v. t.)
To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. - perform (v. t.)
To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow. - perform (v. t.)
To represent; to act; to play; as in drama. - perform (v. i.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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perform
Carry something out to completion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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perform
per-form′, v.t. to do thoroughly: to carry out: to achieve: to act, as on the stage.—v.i. to do: to act a part: to play, as on a musical instrument.—adj. Perfor′mable, capable of being performed: practicable.—ns. Perfor′mance, act of performing: a carrying out of something: something done, esp. of a public character: a piece of work: an exhibition in a theatre or a place of amusement: an act or action; Perfor′mer, one who performs, esp. one who makes a public exhibition of his skill: an actor, an actress, &c.—adj. Perfor′ming, doing: trained to perform tricks. [O. Fr. parfournir, par—L. per, through, fournir, to furnish.]
Part of speech
🔤- perform, verb, present, 1st person singular of perform (infinitive).
- perform, verb (infinitive).
