Betekenis van perform In het Nederlands

• 0 to do an action or piece of work:

  • Computers can perform a variety of tasks.

  • The operation will be performed next week.

  • Most of the students performed well in the exam.

  • The equipment performed well during the tests.

  • These tyres perform badly/poorly in hot weather.

• 1 to entertain people by dancing, singing, acting, or playing music:

  • Thomas and Elisa performed a rousing duet for violin and piano.

  • She composes and performs her own music.

  • A major Hollywood star will be performing on stage tonight.

  • There are plans to ban circuses with performing animals.

• 2 to do an action or piece of work:

  • [ T ] The operation was performed with the patient under general anesthesia.

  • [ I ] The car performed poorly during the tests.

• 3 to entertain people by singing, dancing, playing music, etc.:

  • [ T ] The magician performed a number of tricks that had us gasping in surprise.

• 4 to do a job, task, or duty:

  • perform an operation/task/role As part of the assessment, candidates were asked to perform a group task.

  • The regulator failed to perform his duty to seek an enforcement order.

• 5 to do something in a satisfactory or expected way:

  • The threat of redundancies was affecting the team's ability to perform.

  • How well do these savings accounts perform in the longer term?

  • perform well/badly/poorly The company's core brand is performing well.

  • The fund has been the top performing ethical unit trust for five years.