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to do or say something that other people think is funny or entertaining

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to be on television or in a play, film, concert etc

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to introduce the performers in a show, especially in the theatre. The American word is emcee.

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to perform magic tricks in order to entertain people, especially tricks using quick hand movements

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to take part in a film, play, or television programme with another main actor or performer

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to perform or be performed in public for the first time

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to perform a play, song, dance etc

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to say the words in rap music

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to introduce speakers or performers at a social event or show

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to give a performance that people enjoy

a British spelling of extemporize

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to perform or produce something without preparing or practising

to walk onto a stage to begin your part in a performance

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to be the main performer in a show or at an event where other people are also performing

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if a performer in a play or a group of musicians improvises, they invent words or musical notes without preparing them or learning them before

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if a film or play opens, it starts being shown to the public

to attract very large audiences

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to do something in front of an audience in order to entertain them, for example by acting in a play or singing

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if a play or film is playing somewhere, it is being performed or shown there

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if a film or play premieres, or if someone premieres a film or play, it is shown or performed for the first time

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if a performer or a performance pulls an audience, a large number of people come to watch them

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to say a poem or story that you have learnt to an audience

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to entertain someone with a story

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to express, show, or perform something in a particular way

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to perform a part or the whole of a work again

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to perform something such as a play that has not been performed recently

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to perform in a show or concert in addition to the main performer

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if a show, play, or concert tours, it is performed in several different places

if a minor performer warms up an audience, they put the audience in the right mood for the main performance

if an event draws a crowd, a large number of people come to watch it

to come onto the stage of a theatre to begin your performance

to please an audience with a political speech by saying things that the audience agrees with