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1. The performance of a part or role in a drama
   - acting, playing, playacting

1. Carry out an action
   "the skater performed a triple pirouette";
   - execute, do
    
2. Carry out a function
   "Who will perform the wedding?"
    
3. (performing arts) give a performance (of something)
   "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
    
4. Get (something) done
   "I performed my job";
   - do

Derived forms: performings

Type of: accomplish, act, action, activity, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], move, performing arts, re-create

Part of: performance

Encyclopedia: Performing