noun
- The performance of a part or role in a drama.
- synonyms: acting, playing, playacting
verb
- Carry out or perform an action.
- usage: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
- Perform a function.
- usage: "Who will perform the wedding"
- synonyms: perform
- Give a performance (of something. )
- usage: "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
- synonyms: perform
- Get (something) done.
- usage: "I did my job"
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