perform

verb

1. 1

   To do (something); to execute.

   The scientists performed several experiments.

   It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.

   Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

2. 2

   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 exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work. Of a man, to be able to initiate or fulfill an act of sexual intercourse.

4. 4

   To act in a way set forth in a contract. To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).

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

5. 5

   To act in a way set forth in a contract. To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.

   They entered into an agreement and now they are obliged to perform.

6. 6

   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.

   Perform a part thou hast not done before.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways. To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).

   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.

9. 9

   Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways. To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

   Individuals in societies perform all the time.

Forms

past tense

performed

past participle

performed

present participle

performing

third person singular

performs