Collocations for "perform"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "perform" in context.
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perform
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- perform a [show, play, song, ceremony]
- perform on stage
- performed at the [club, restaurant]
- perform for your [friends, family, coworkers]
- perform [publicly, in private]
- performed every [day, weekend]
- perform [this action, an operation, a task]
- perform your [duties, tasks, functions]
- perform all of the [necessary, required] [duties]
- perform an [experiment, autopsy, investigation]
- perform [better, worse] (when)
- perform as [expected, described]
- performed [beautifully, awfully, badly]
- our [investments, shares] are not performing well
- the [employee, student, player] is not performing
- the [company, business] is (just) not performing
'perform' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aircraft
- airplane
- amateur
- assurance
- backup
- band
- bill
- bind
- black
- calm
- capability
- chamber
- chant
- concert
- confidence
- contingency
- contractor
- deed
- directory
- emotional
- employee
- evaluation
- faithfully
- feat
- magic
- maintenance
- medical
- mental
- mercy
- mimic
- miracle
- motor
- nude
- passionate
- personnel
- piano
- plastic
- play
- preliminary
- pressure
- program
- ramp
- ready
- reliability
- research
- rhyme
- roster
- routine
- sacred
- saint