Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
- 2transitive verb
To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
- 3transitive verb
To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5verb
carry out or perform an action
"John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"
"the skater executed a triple pirouette"
- 6verb
give a performance (of something)
"Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"
"We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
- 7verb
perform a function
"Who will perform the wedding?"
- 8verb
get (something) done
"I did my job"
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