- acting, playing, playacting, performing - the performance of a part or role in a drama
--1 is a kind of activity; performing arts
--1 is a part of performance
--1 has particulars:portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation; impersonation, personation; mime, pantomime, dumb show; business, stage business, byplay; skit; hamming, overacting; heroics; roleplaying Derived form: verb perform3
- perform, execute, do - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun performance2
Somebody ----s something
- perform - perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
--3 is one way to re-create
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun performer1, noun performing1, noun performance1
Did he perform his major works over a short period of time?
- do, perform - get (something) done; "I did my job"
--4 is one way to carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"