perform

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To do (something)

   To do (something); to execute.

   • The scientists performed several experiments.
   • It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
2. 2

   To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior

   To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

   • The new employee performs well.
   • I could care less how she perform when she in the bed
3. 3

   To act in a way set forth in a contract.

   • Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.
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   1. 4

      To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to…

      To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.

      • She will perform in the play.
      • The magician performed badly—none of his tricks worked.
      • The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
   2. 5

      To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.)

      To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.

      • The accused only performed remorse.
      • As things now stand, Brexit is a pointless gesture, a politics of headlines in which sovereignty is performed by bleating world-beating absurdities.
   3. 6

      Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.

      • perform masculinity
      • perform authority
      • Even before her seven decades as monarch began, she performed Britishness more intuitively than anyone ever had, or likely ever will again.

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