Performing

3 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I will cry unto God most high, unto God that
              performeth all things for me.         --Ps. lvii. 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Great force to perform what they did attempt. --Sir
                                                    P. Sidney.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a
        duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To perform your father's will.        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Perform a part thou hast not done before. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute;
          discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See
          {Accomplish}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  performing
       n : the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn: {acting},
            {playing}, {playacting}]

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

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "performing":
     acting, action, agency, aping, behavioral, buffoonery, business,
     characterization, conduct, direction, driving, dumb show,
     embodiment, enacting, enactment, execution, exercise, functional,
     functioning, gag, ham, hammy acting, handling, hoke, hokum,
     imitation, impersonation, inaction, incarnation, management,
     manipulation, masquerade, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming,
     mummery, occupation, operancy, operating, operation, operational,
     overacting, pantomime, pantomiming, patter, performance,
     personation, personification, playacting, playing, portrayal,
     posing, practice, practicing, projection, representation,
     responsibility, running, serving, slapstick, stage business,
     stage directions, stage presence, steering, stunt, taking a role,
     work, working, workings