to perform
583
2.7
- verb
- /pərˈfɔrm/
:
interpretar
- Every year my mommy and daddy come see me perform on a big stage.
- perform music
- perform a song
- perform a piece
It was a song performed to him, just him.
- It was a song performed to him, just him.
- And then it wouldn't be about performing for anyone.
- Yes, Ricky, you're performing Face by George Michael.
- I had seen Virginia W perform before I knew Chris.
- It sounds like you were able to perform and you were in demand.
- But in the future there will be performed as an entire song cycle.
- Speaking of wearing condoms, NLE Choppa performed at an Atlanta Black Pride.
- But I got a chance to see him perform Juicy and Big Papa.
- That was the first song that we ever performed at a conference.
- And a lot of people performed, but mostly Prince performed at his house for us.
- And that's why we want to listen to music performed by human beings.
Examples
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I saw Beth Ditto perform this live in Brighton.
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So we started training kids to perform cultural dances.
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And I was asked to perform at the event.
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No, but I had to perform directly after the show.
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And do you feel like you could perform again?
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One student was selected to perform a piece, and participants practiced using the form.
Academic text (2011) -
Class time was used for a master class process, and every student performed in the final public recital.
Academic text (2011) -
Parents often show up in droves to see young children perform in elementary Parent-Teacher Association programs.
Academic text (2011) -
Judy's high school chamber choir will perform an art song recital in the fall.
Academic text (2011) -
Every year my mommy and daddy come see me perform on a big stage.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Introduce information or ideas to a group
583
2.6
To give a speech, idea, or message to a group of people
524
1.0
Show publicly in a theater or cinema
266
2.1
To perform in a play or film
226
2.0
Make people laugh or enjoy themselves
118
3.7
To play a character in a film or play
80
4.1
To perform a play or show in front of an audience
34
3.8
Go in front of an audience to perform or speak and be the main focus
27
4.8
To act out a scene in front of people, like in a play
2
6.1
To act out a scene to practice or show how something happens
2
6.7
To pretend to be a person in a story on stage or with friends
2
4.7
Act as a character in a play or drama
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Etymology
Perform comes from the parts per- meaning 'through' and form meaning 'shape' or 'plan', the same form you know in English. So to perform on stage is to carry an act 'through' into a visible shape for people to see — in other words, to present or show an entertainment.