Perform

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perform \Per*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Performed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Performing}.] [OE. performen, parfourmen, parfournen,
     OF. parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par
     (see {Par}) + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been
     influenced by form; cf. L. performare to form thoroughly. See
     {Furnish}.]


     1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to
        accomplish; to execute; to do.
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              I will cry unto God most high, unto God that
              performeth all things for me.         --Ps. lvii. 2.
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              Great force to perform what they did attempt. --Sir
                                                    P. Sidney.
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     2. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a
        duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
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              To perform your father's will.        --Shak.
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     3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
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              Perform a part thou hast not done before. --Shak.
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     Syn: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute;
          discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See
          {Accomplish}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perform \Per*form"\, v. i.
     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perform
       v 1: carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the
            weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater
            executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
            [syn: {execute}, {do}]
       2: perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
       3: give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing
          at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert
          and Sullivan opera"
       4: get (something) done; "I did my job" [syn: {do}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  177 Moby Thesaurus words for "perform":
     accompany, accomplish, achieve, act, act a part, act as,
     act as foil, act out, affect, ape, appear, attain, barnstorm,
     be effective, be in action, be productive, behave, betoken,
     brandish, breathe, bring about, bring forth, bring forward,
     bring into being, bring into view, bring off, bring out,
     bring to fruition, bring to notice, carry into execution, carry on,
     carry out, carry through, carry to completion, cause, chord,
     come out, compass, complete, concertize, conduct, consummate,
     cope with, copy, dangle, deal with, demonstrate, depict, develop,
     discharge, disclose, discourse, dispatch, display, dispose of,
     divulge, do, do duty, do the job, do the trick, do up brown,
     dramatize, effect, effectuate, embody, emote, emotionalize, enact,
     end, engineer, evidence, evince, execute, exhibit, expose to view,
     express, fetch, finish, flaunt, flourish, fulfill, function,
     get top billing, give sign, give token, go, handle, have effect,
     have free play, have play, highlight, illuminate, impersonate,
     implement, incarnate, indicate, industrialize, interpret,
     knock off, make, make clear, make music, make plain, manage,
     manifest, masquerade as, mass-produce, materialize, mean, militate,
     mime, mimic, mount, officiate, operate, overproduce, pantomime,
     parade, pass for, patter, percolate, perform as, perk, personate,
     play, play a part, play by ear, play the lead, playact, polish off,
     pose as, practice, present, pretend to be, produce, pull off,
     put away, put on, react, realize, register, render, represent,
     respond, reveal, roll out, run, serve, set forth, show, show forth,
     sketch, spotlight, stage, star, steal the show, stooge, succeed,
     symphonize, take, take care of, take effect, take off, tick, token,
     transact, tread the boards, trot out, troupe, turn the trick,
     unfold, upstage, volume-produce, wave, wind up, work, work out
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PERFORM
       
           A {COBOL} statement used for executing
          "paragraphs".
       
          [What's a paragraph?]
       
          (1997-06-10)