performed
- 1Simple past and past participle of perform.
The surgeon performed the operation in under two hours.
The orchestra had performed the symphony before, so the final rehearsal went quickly.
Note
One spelling does two jobs, past tense and past participle, and the participle is where the verb's two grammars part ways. The transitive meanings take the passive with be: the operation was performed, the contract was performed in full. The intransitive ones cannot, so of an engine that ran well, or a supplier who met its terms, you can only say it has performed.
The contract was performed in full before the deadline.
The new engine has performed well in cold weather.
performed is a form of perform
perform, verb: To do or carry out a particular task, action, or piece of work. Full entry
- Forms
- performperforms he/she/itperforming -ing formperformed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- perform → performed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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