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perform
English
Etymology
From Middle English performen, parfournen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Frankish *frumjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan?, *framjan? (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“in front, forth”), *per- (“forward, out”). Cognate with Old High German frummen (“to do, execute, accomplish, provide”), Old Saxon frummian (“to perform, promote”), Old English fremman (“to perform, execute, carry out, accomplish”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (frumjan, “to promote, accomplish”). See also frame, from.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
- Hyphenation: per?form
Verb
perform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed)
- (transitive) To do (something); to execute.
- (intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
- (law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
- (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
- (intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
- (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
- (by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
- (social sciences) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
- (transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
- (intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.
- (transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- perform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- perform in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- perform at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- preform
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consummate
English
Etymology
From Latin c?nsumm?tus, past participle of c?nsumm?re (“to sum up, finish, complete”), from com- (“together”) + summa (“the sum”) (see sum, summation).
Pronunciation
- Adjective
- (UK) enPR: k?n's?m?t, k?n'syo?om?t, k?ns?m'?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?m?t/, /?k?nsj?m?t/, /k?n?s?m?t/
- (US) enPR: k?n's?m?t, k?ns?m'?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?m?t/, /k?n?s?m?t/
- Verb
- (UK) enPR: k?n's?m?t, k?n'syo?om?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?me?t/, /?k?nsj?me?t/
- (US) enPR: k?n's?m?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?me?t/
Adjective
consummate (comparative more consummate, superlative most consummate)
- Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
- Synonyms: absolute, complete, perfect, sheer, total, utter; see also Thesaurus:total
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:
- A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him.
- 1880, Georges Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot, Chapter VII,
- […] Marmaduke, who had the consummate impudence to reply that […]
- 1900, Guy Wetmore Carryl, "The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting",
- Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon
- Highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled
- 1910, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section IV (originally by Sun Tzu)
- The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, […] ; thus it is in his power to control success.
Derived terms
- consummately
Translations
Verb
consummate (third-person singular simple present consummates, present participle consummating, simple past and past participle consummated)
- (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- Synonyms: complete, finish, round off; see also Thesaurus:end
- (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
- Synonyms: complete, perfect, top off
- (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
- Synonyms: come to a head, mature, ripe
Derived terms
- consummation
- consummative
- consummator
- consummatory
Related terms
- consume
Translations
Further reading
- consummate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- consummate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Verb
c?nsumm?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsumm?
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