perform
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m
[edit] Etymology
Middle English performen < AF performer, alter. of MF, OF parfo(u)rnir "to accomplish" from par- + f(o)urnir "to accomplish, furnish" of Germanic origin akin to OHG frumjan "to provide", Old English fremman (“‘to perform, accomplish’”). See frame, from .
[edit] Verb
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to perform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed)
- To do something
- The scientists performed several experiments.
- It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
- To do something in front of an audience in order to entertain it.
- She will perform in the play
- The magician performed badly - none of his tricks worked.
- The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
[edit] Translations
to do something
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to do something in front of an audience
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- German: leisten
