performとは

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /pəˈfɔːm/, enPR: pər-fôrmʹ
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈfɔɹm/, enPR: pər-fôrmʹ
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)m
• ハイフネーション: per‧form

動詞

perform (三人称単数 現在形 performs, 現在分詞 performing, 過去形および過去分詞形 performed)

1. To do something; to execute.
   • 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:

     Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

   The scientists performed several experiments.

   It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.

2. To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

   She will perform in the play.

   The magician performed badly – none of his tricks worked.

   The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.

   • Shakespeare

     Perform a part thou hast not done before.

派生語

Further reading

• perform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• perform in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “perform” at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• preform