perform
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
law
lifestyle
sciences
sexology
sexuality
social-science
social-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English parformen, performen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Frankish *frummjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną, *framjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“in front, forth”), *per- (“forward, out”). Cognate with Old High German frummen (“to do, execute, accomplish, provide”), Old Saxon frummian (“to perform, promote”), Old English fremman (“to perform, execute, carry out, accomplish”). See also frame, from. Modernly, rather than Proto-Germanic *frumjaną, associated with Latin formō, analyzable as per- + form.
Inflected forms:
form: performs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: performing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: perform
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: perform
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: perform
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: performest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: performedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: performs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: performeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: perform
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: perform
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: perform
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: performing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: performed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: performe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To do (something); to execute.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The new employee performs well.
I could care less how she perform when she in the bed
gloss: To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
uncommon
gloss: To act in a way set forth in a contract.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.
gloss: To act in a way set forth in a contract.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They entered into an agreement and now they are obliged to perform.
gloss: To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Individuals in societies perform all the time.
Related words: preform
preformance
Derived words: coperform
misperform
nonperforming
non-performing loan
outperform
overperform
performability
performable
performance
performant
performation
performative
performativity
performator
performatory
performent
performer
reperform
underperform
unperform
unperformed
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: representar
lang: Finnish
word: suoriutua
lang: Finnish
word: onnistua
lang: Finnish
word: menestyä
lang: French
word: performer
lang: German
word: Arbeit leisten
lang: German
word: Arbeit verrichten
lang: German
word: performen
lang: German
word: bringen
lang: Hungarian
word: teljesít
lang: Hungarian
word: szuperál
lang: Hungarian
word: működik
lang: Hungarian
word: funkcionál
lang: Hungarian
word: ... teljesítményt nyújt
lang: Italian
word: comportarsi con correttezza
lang: Spanish
word: funcionar
lang: Spanish
word: funcar
lang: Spanish
word: desempeñarse