[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/perform/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / perform # perform verb (perform, performs, performed, performing) «perform» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#m1) 2. To perform a task is to do it, especially a difficult or exact one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#m2) 3. To perform well or badly is to work or do well or badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#m3) ### In the lessons In school, pupils perform in plays, concerts and assemblies. In maths, you perform calculations; in science, you perform experiments; doctors perform operations. In sport, players perform well in a match. Phrases: "perform on stage", "perform an experiment", "perform a task". ### Examples - Our class will perform a play at assembly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x1) - The band performed three songs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x2) - Perform the calculation carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x3) - We performed an experiment with magnets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x4) - The surgeon performed the operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x5) - She performed well in her test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x6) - The car performs well on snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x7) - Do not promise more than you can perform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/#x8) ### Note Regular: performed, performing. Nouns: performance, performer. Spelled per-form (not "preform", which means to shape in advance). ## In Jewish tradition It means to do or carry out a commandment or duty, such as a covenant or a duty to a brother's widow. **Interpretation.** Jewish tradition stresses doing the commandments (mitzvot), not just believing. The duty to a dead brother's wife is called yibbum, levirate marriage. ### Examples - And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone. (Torah DEU.4.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/#x1) - And Judah said unto Onan: 'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.' (Torah GEN.38.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/#x2) - Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. (Torah EXO.18.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/#x3) - The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this. (Prophets ISA.9.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/#x4) - I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step. (Writings PSA.119.112, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/#x5) - He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial. (Writings JOB.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/#x6) ### Note Regular: performed, performing. Nouns: performance, performer. Spelled per-form (not "preform", which means to shape in advance). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «perform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perform/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«perform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perform.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «perform» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perform/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«perform» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/perform.html) on Mova free.