<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.</li><li>to go through or execute in the proper, customary, or established manner: to perform the marriage ceremony.</li><li>to carry into effect; fulfill: Perform what you promise.</li><li>Synonyms: effect, achieve, accomplish.</li><li>to enact (a play, part, etc.), as on the stage, in movies, or on television.</li><li>to render (music), as by playing or singing.</li><li>to accomplish (any action involving skill or ability), as before an audience: to perform a juggling act.</li><li>to complete.</li><li>to exhibit behaviors associated with (a particular social role or identity): This study investigates the ways in which biracial Americans perform race in their day-to-day lives.</li><li>to behave in ways that exhibit (a socially acceptable belief, trait, or quality), often merely for show: Nineteenth-century British women found in the antislavery movement a perfect way to perform empathy.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to fulfill a command, promise, or undertaking.</li><li>to execute or do something.</li><li>to act in a play: to perform in the role of Romeo.</li><li>to perform music.</li><li>to go through any performance.</li><li>(of loans, investments, etc.) to yield a profit; earn income.</li><li>to have sexual intercourse: I could not perform in my first intimate encounter with the love of my life.</li></ul>