perform
/pɚˈfoɹm/ verbe A2En français : exécuter, effectuer, faire, accomplir
- To do (something); to execute. · The scientists performed several experiments.· It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
- To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work. · The new employee performs well.
- Of a man, to be able to initiate or fulfill an act of sexual intercourse.
- To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract). · Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.
- To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms. · They entered into an agreement and now they are obliged to perform.
- To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. · She will perform in the play.· The magician performed badly—none of his tricks worked.
- To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign. · The accused only performed remorse.
- To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role). · perform masculinity· perform authority
Pluriel perform · He/she/it performs · Prétérit performed · Participe passé performed · Forme en -ing performing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque
She had an uneasy feeling that it was rather sinful to set one’s heart so intensely on any human creature as she had set hers on Anne, and perhaps she performed a sort of unconscious penance for this by being stricter and more critical than if the girl had been less dear to her.
“That while the writing of different persons done with the right hand varies, that performed with the left hand is invariably uniform.”
We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his hammock with a thirty-six-pound shot at his head and his heels, off El Giglio island.
“I will see them both,” returned the inspector; “I must conscientiously perform my duty.”
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