Definition of "perform"

perform

/pəˈfɔːm/

verb
third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed
1. (transitive) To do (something); to execute.
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  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.
  2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist
2. (intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
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  I could care less how she perform when she in the bed
  2003, “P.I.M.P.”, in Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent
3. (law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
  1. (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
  2. (intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
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  Perform a part thou hast not done before.
  c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
5. (by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
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  As things now stand, Brexit is a pointless gesture, a politics of headlines in which sovereignty is performed by bleating world-beating absurdities.
  2021, David Edgerton, “The one good thing to come out of Brexit: a bonfire of national illusions”, in The Guardian‎
6. (social sciences) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
  1. (transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
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    Even before her seven decades as monarch began, she performed Britishness more intuitively than anyone ever had, or likely ever will again.
    2022 September 9, Sophie Gilbert, “No One Performed Britishness Better Than Her Majesty”, in The Atlantic‎
  2. (intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

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