What does “perform” mean?
- 1
verbto entertain people by acting, singing, dancing or playing music
The band will perform at the festival.
- 2
verbto do a piece of work or a task
The surgeon performed the operation successfully.
- 3
verbto work or do something well or badly
The team performed well under pressure.
Perform at a glance
- Part of speech
- verb
- CEFR level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Pronunciation
- /pərˈfɔrm/ · per-FORM
Common phrases with “perform”
- perform a task
- perform well
- perform live
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- performance
- performer
“perform” is on these word lists
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