About The Word Performance

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Performance

Performance Meaning & Definition
Performance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Performance?

[n] any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"
[n] the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
[n] the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"
[n] a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity"
[n] process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Performance: carrying into action | carrying out | execution | functioning | operation | public presentation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Performance: accomplished fact | accomplishment | accordance | achievement | acquittal | acquittance | act | acta | acting | action | adherence | administration | adventure | agency | aping | appearance | attainment | baccalaureate service | band concert | behavior | benefit | bill | blow | bringing to fruition | buffoonery | business | cantando | care | carrying out | celebration | ceremonial | ceremony | chamber concert | characterization | commencement | commission | completion | compliance | concert | conduct | conformance | conformity | consummation | convocation | coup | dealings | debut | deed | demeanor | demilegato | demonstration | deportment | direction | discharge | dispatch | display | doing | doings | driving | dumb show | effectiveness | effectuation | efficacy | effort | embodiment | empty formality | enacting | enactment | endeavor | engagement | enterprise | entertainment | execution | exercise | exercises | exhibit | exhibition | exploit | exposition | exposure | expression | fait accompli | farewell performance | feat | fingering | flesh show | formal | formality | fruition | fulfillment | function | functioning | gag | gest | gig | glissando | go | graduation | graduation exercises | ham | hammy acting | hand | handiwork | handling | heed | heeding | hoke | hokum | imitation | impersonation | implementation | inaugural | inauguration | incarnation | initiation | interpretation | intonation | job | keeping | legato | liturgy | management | maneuver | manipulation | masquerade | measure | mezzo staccato | mimesis | mimicking | mimicry | miming | mission accomplished | move | mummery | musical performance | musical program | music-making | observance | observation | occupation | office | opening | operancy | operation | ostentation | overacting | overproduction | overt act | pantomime | pantomiming | parlando | passage | patter | performing | perpetration | personation | personification | philharmonic | Philharmonic concert | pianism | pizzicato | play | playacting | playing | pop concert | pops | popular concert | portrayal | posing | practice | premiere | presentation | presentment | proceeding | production | productiveness | program | program of music | projection | prom | promenade concert | realization | recital | religious ceremony | rendering | rendition | repercussion | representation | res gestae | respect | responsibility | retrospective | rite | rite de passage | rite of passage | ritual | rubato | running | satisfaction | scene | service | service of music | show | showing | slapstick | slur | solemnity | solemnization | spiccato | staccato | stage business | stage directions | stage presence | stage presentation | steering | step | stroke | stunt | success | swan song | symphony concert | taking a role | theatrical performance | thing | thing done | touch | tour de force | transaction | tryout | turn | undertaking | unfolding | unfoldment | unveiling | varnishing day | vernissage | work | working | workings | works

See Also | accomplishment | achievement | act | acting | action | benefit | bit | coda | concert | conjuration | conjuring trick | deception | demonstration | dramatic performance | dramatic production | encore | extemporisation | extemporization | finale | histrionics | illusion | improvisation | interpretation | juggle | juggling | last hurrah | legerdemain | magic | magic trick | mechanics | mechanism | musical performance | number | officiation | one-night stand | overachievement | performing | pianism | play reading | playacting | playing | premiere | presentation | presentment | process | program | programme | recital | rendering | rendering | rendition | rendition | representation | routine | show | song and dance | specific performance | spectacular | swan song | theatrical | theatrical performance | trick | turn | underachievement | world premiere

Performance In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*form"ance\, n. The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. --Paley. 2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character. ``Her walking and other actual performances.'' --Shak. ``His musical performances.'' --Macaulay. Syn: Completion; consummation; execution; accomplishment; achievement; production; work; act; action; deed; exploit; feat.

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