perform

perform is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
2. transitive verb. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
3. transitive verb. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
4. intransitive verb. 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.
5. verb. carry out or perform an action

   "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"

   "the skater executed a triple pirouette"

   Synonyms: do, execute

6. verb. give a performance (of something)

   "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"

   "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

7. verb. perform a function

   "Who will perform the wedding?"

8. verb. get (something) done

   "I did my job"

   Synonyms: do

Synonyms

do, execute

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in perform:

preform

Common word forms

performs, performed, performer, performing, performable

Words from these letters

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