perform

1. Carry out or perform an action (synset 201716563)
   "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
   subtypes:

   • click off - perform or finish an action rapidly
   • carry - sing or play against other voices or parts
   • pipe up - begin to play or sing
   • declaim, recite - recite in elocution
   • serenade - sing and play for somebody
   • cut corners - do something the cheapest or easiest way
   • stunt - perform a stunt or stunts
   • cut - perform or carry out
   • blaze away - perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly
   • scamp - perform hastily and carelessly
   • churn out - perform in a mechanical way
   • premier, premiere - perform a work for the first time
   • star - be the star in a performance
   • appear - appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
   • practice, practise, rehearse - engage in a rehearsal (of)
   • ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvise, improvize - perform without preparation
   • interpret, render - give an interpretation or rendition of
   • conduct, direct, lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition
   • make - perform or carry out
   same as: do, execute
2. Perform a function (synset 202379855)
   "Who will perform the wedding?"
   is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   subtypes:

   • church - perform a special church rite or service for
   • officiate - act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
3. Give a performance (of something) (synset 201718067)
   "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
   referred to in: performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance
   is a type of: re-create - create anew
   subtypes:

   • barnstorm - tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays
   • barnstorm - appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper
   • interlude - perform an interlude
   • grandstand - perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause
   • solo - perform a piece written for a single instrument
   • play out - perform or be performed to the end
   • underperform - perform too rarely
   • sight-read, sightread - perform music from a score without having seen the score before
   • rap - perform rap music
   • give - perform for an audience
   • concertise, concertize - give concerts; perform in concerts
   • play - perform on a certain location
   • debut - make one's debut
   • audition, try out - perform in order to get a role
   • act, play, playact, roleplay - perform on a stage or theater
   • play - play on an instrument
   • conduct - lead musicians in the performance of
4. Get (something) done (synset 202567910)
   "I did my job"
   is a type of: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill - put in effect
   subtypes:

   • overachieve - perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected
   • turn - accomplish by rotating
   • underachieve, underperform - perform less well or with less success than expected
   • misdo - do wrongly or improperly
   • do one's best, give full measure, give one's best, go all out - perform a task as well as possible
   • ply - apply oneself diligently
   same as: do

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