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verb do a task/duty/piece of work ADV. effectively, efficiently, properly, successfully, well ensuring that tasks are properly performed | poorly | adequately, competently, reliably, satisfactorily | correctly | duly, faithfully He duly performed his own half of the bargain and expected the others to do likewise. | automatically | manually VERB + PERFORM be able/unable to The prince is no longer able to perform his duties. | be expected to PHRASES failure to perform sth failure to perform a contract work/function/play ADV. brilliantly, efficiently, excellently, faultlessly, strongly, well One or two of the players performed brilliantly. The company has been performing strongly over the past year. | badly, disappointingly, disastrously, poorly The car performed poorly at high speeds. | adequately, competently, reliably, satisfactorily VERB + PERFORM be able/unable to | be expected to students who are expected to perform well give a performance ADV. live The group will be performing live on tonight's show. | in public, publicly | together The two artists have never performed together before. PHRASES first performed The play was first publicly performed in 1872. | rarely performed, see sth performed I've never seen this play performed before.
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perform
nouns
perform a task/job/duty etc
• What skills do you need to perform this task?
perform work
• Over 6,000 people in our community of 100,000 perform volunteer work.
perform an experiment/study etc
• Part of the Chemistry exam involves performing an experiment.
perform an operation
• The surgeon who performed the operation said it had gone well.
perform a ceremony
• At 3 o'clock, the opening ceremony was performed by the Queen.
perform a service
• Our troops are performing a remarkable service and a terribly important mission.
perform a function/role
• The two organizations perform similar functions.
perform an action
• The children sing and perform the actions to nursery songs.
perform miracles
(= do things that seem impossible )
• I'm prepared to work hard to get the job done but I can't perform miracles.
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