Definition of performs

"performs" in the verb sense

1. perform, execute, do

carry out or perform an action

"John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"

"the skater executed a triple pirouette"

"she did a little dance"

2. perform

perform a function

"Who will perform the wedding?"

3. perform

give a performance (of something

"Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"

"We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

4. do, perform

get (something) done

"I did my job"

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Quotations for performs

Perseverance performs greater works than strength. [ Proverb ]

Like a mill-horse, that goes much, but performs no journey. [ Proverb ]

The frost performs its secret ministry unhelped by any wind. [ Coleridge ]

An era is fast approaching when no writer will be rend by the majority, save and except those than can effect that for bales of manuscript that the hydrostatic screw performs for bales of cotton, by condensing that matter into a period that before occupied a page. [ Cottar ]

performs in Scrabble®

The word performs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters performs:

PERFORMS
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

formers, perform, preform, reforms, rompers

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word performs

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In performs

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performs in Words With Friends™

The word performs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters performs:

PERFORMS
(150)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

formers, perform, preform, reforms, rompers

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word performs

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In performs

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Words within the letters of performs

2 letter words in performs (9 words)

3 letter words in performs (16 words)

6 letter words in performs (5 words)

7 letter words in performs (5 words)

8 letter words in performs (Anagrams) (2 words)

Words containing the sequence performs

Words that start with performs (1 word)

Words with performs in them (1 word)

Words that end with performs (5 words)

Word Growth involving performs

Shorter words in performs

or for form forms

or for form perform

pe per perform

Longer words containing performs

outperforms

overperforms

reperforms

underperforms