Associations to the word «Perform»

Wiktionary

PERFORM, verb. To do something; to execute.
PERFORM, verb. To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

Dictionary definition

PERFORM, verb. Carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance".
PERFORM, verb. Perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?".
PERFORM, verb. Give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera".
PERFORM, verb. Get (something) done; "I did my job".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats