English > perform: 4 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | carry out or perform an action. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | execute, do |
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| Entailed by | cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet |
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| Narrower | appear | Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. |
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| blaze away | Perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly |
| carry | sing / sing or play against other voices or parts |
| churn out | Perform in a mechanical way |
| click off | Perform or finish an action rapidly |
| conduct, lead, direct | Lead, as in the performance of a composition |
| cut | Perform or carry out |
| cut corners | Do something the cheapest or easiest way |
| declaim, recite | recite in elocution |
| improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise | Perform without preparation |
| interpret, render | Give an interpretation or rendition / rendition of |
| make | Perform or carry out |
| pipe up | Begin to play or sing |
| premier, premiere | perform a work for the first time |
| rehearse, practise, practice | Engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| scamp | Perform hastily and carelessly |
| serenade | sing and play for somebody |
| star | Be the star in a performance |
| stunt | Perform a stunt or stunts |
| Spanish | ejecutar, hacer, interpretar, llevar a cabo, practicar |
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| Catalan | dur a terme, executar, fer, interpretar, practicar |
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| Nouns | performance | the act of performing |
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English > perform: 4 senses > verb 3, creation| Meaning | Give a performance (of something). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Model | Did he perform his major works over a short period of time? |
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| Examples | - "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"
- "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
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| Category | performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance |
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| Narrower | act, play, roleplay, playact | Perform on a stage or theater |
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| audition, try out | Perform in order to get a role |
| 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 |
| concertize, concertise | Give concerts |
| conduct | Lead musicians in the performance of |
| debut | make one's debut |
| give | Perform for an audience |
| grandstand | Perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause |
| interlude | Perform an interlude |
| play | Perform on a certain location |
| play | Play on an instrument |
| play out | Perform or be performed to the end |
| rap | Perform rap music |
| sightread, sight-read | Perform music from a score without having seen the score before |
| solo | Perform a piece written for a single instrument |
| underperform | Perform too rarely |
| Broader | re-create | create anew |
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| Spanish | actuar, ejecutar, interpretar, practicar |
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| Catalan | actuar, executar, interpretar, practicar |
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| Nouns | performance | a dramatic or musical entertainment |
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| performer | an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience |
| performing | the performance of a part or role in a drama |
