perform

Other forms of perform

past tense

performed·

present participle

performing·

third person

performs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about perform

What does perform mean?

perform means "carry out or perform an action". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perform?

perform has 2 syllables: per-form. The stress falls on "form". In IPA it is /pɚˈfɔɹm/.

What is another word for perform?

Close synonyms include execute, do, do. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perform a common word?

perform is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perform?

13 words rhyme with perform. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.