perform
verb (perform, performs, performed, performing)
Everyday
- To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience. tree →
- To perform a task is to do it, especially a difficult or exact one. tree →
- To perform well or badly is to work or do well or badly. tree →
In the lessons
In school, pupils perform in plays, concerts and assemblies. In maths, you perform calculations; in science, you perform experiments; doctors perform operations. In sport, players perform well in a match. Phrases: "perform on stage", "perform an experiment", "perform a task".
Examples
- Our class will perform a play at assembly. tree →
- The band performed three songs. tree →
- Perform the calculation carefully. tree →
- We performed an experiment with magnets. tree →
- The surgeon performed the operation. tree →
- She performed well in her test. tree →
- The car performs well on snow. tree →
- Do not promise more than you can perform. tree →
Note
Regular: performed, performing. Nouns: performance, performer. Spelled per-form (not "preform", which means to shape in advance).
In Jewish tradition
It means to do or carry out a commandment or duty, such as a covenant or a duty to a brother's widow.
Interpretation. Jewish tradition stresses doing the commandments (mitzvot), not just believing. The duty to a dead brother's wife is called yibbum, levirate marriage.
Examples
- And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone. (Torah DEU.4.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Judah said unto Onan: 'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.' (Torah GEN.38.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. (Torah EXO.18.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this. (Prophets ISA.9.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step. (Writings PSA.119.112, JPS 1917) tree →
- He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial. (Writings JOB.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Regular: performed, performing. Nouns: performance, performer. Spelled per-form (not "preform", which means to shape in advance).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «perform» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «perform» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «perform» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «perform» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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