performed

verb

past tense of perform
1
as in executed
to carry through (as a process) to completion she performed the task quickly and expertly

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2
as in served
to have a certain purpose the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood

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3
as in played
to present a portrayal or performance of has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage

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4
as in worked
to produce a desired effect the new medication performed surprisingly well

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Recent Examples of performed The Nittany Lions performed more like a top-25 team than their record indicates, with five losses by one score. — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Songs or chants made up by Entrants are acceptable as long as they are performed live on the recording and Entrant notes in Entrant's submission form that the song/chant was composed by Entrant. — August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 The procedure has gone on to save the pitching arms of thousands of pitchers since it was first performed more than 50 years ago. — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 Pic surpassed the lifetime of The Roses in the market and performed well above the opening weekend of Fly Me to the Moon. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026 From room-temperature waves to future circuits The experiments were performed at room temperature, so this is not yet a quantum device or an on-chip qubit. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 Just to be clear, the unit never jammed or performed incorrectly; the noise just didn’t match the performance level. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026 Andalusia’s top emergency official Antonio Sanz said, per Reuters, that emergency services received 300 calls and performed 85 interventions, especially in southern Granada. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 In the past year since the outbreak of Israel’s siege of Lebanon, Wakim, Elassal, and Aukar have all performed shows in the country. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for performed
  1. executed
  2. served
  3. played
  4. worked
  5. accomplished
  6. acted
  7. portrayed
  8. operated
Verb
  • The 68-year-old was executed by lethal injection July 28 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee while on duty as a cop for the Mascotte Police Department.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Two Elmwood jail inmates were convicted at trial of murdering another inmate in a vicious gang beating that was executed over the course of 11 agonizing minutes, and went undetected even as it was recorded on surveillance cameras.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of executed
Verb
  • White Water's diminutive cocktail bar has awesome bottled cocktails served in proper glassware that make for the perfect sundowner to carry across the boardwalk to soak up golden hour over the Pacific.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Matthew Temple said her performance (as well as countryman Sam Short’s in the men’s 400) served as motivation heading into his 100 butterfly win.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of served
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  • My model is concentrated on the last 24 rounds played, and includes driving distance, strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained around the green, strokes gained putting, and strokes gained on par 3s longer than 200 yards.
    — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • View this post on Instagram Alyson Stoner Alyson Stoner, who also played Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, shared an emotional, heartfelt video mourning the loss of Panettiere.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of played
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  • Sen has experience in finance and economic analysis, having worked as an investment manager and previously serving as a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That is, again, different from last year; Glenn knew Wilks but had never worked with him before.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of worked
Verb
  • This was accomplished by the amazing talent and hard work of over a dozen designers and an army of volunteers.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Jardine’s mission had been accomplished, though not without dissent within the team.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplished
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  • In the suit, the Mamdani administration maintained that the Council acted outside the bounds of its authority and broke laws around collective bargaining in giving paraprofessionals the pay boost.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But Spurs acted quickly to tie up those deals and secure Porro, Kinsky and Van de Ven to new contracts.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of acted
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  • The 1989 movie portrayed this area as quaint and quiet where practicality and a handshake replace braggadocio.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Overnight, Steve Eisman, the investor portrayed in The Big Short, told CNBC that a key risk worth watching is that tech giants' AI revenue is overly dependent on a small number of clients.
    — , CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of portrayed
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  • Charter schools are public schools and receive public funding, but they are privately operated under district oversight.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Disney will also provide operational oversight though the new park will be operated by Miral which is contracting Disney's Imagineers – architects named after their imaginative use of engineering – to design it.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of operated

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