English Explanatory Dictionary

performance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
  2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
  3. A live show or concert.
  4. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
  5. The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.

Pronunciation

pər-fôrʹ-məns [pəˈfɔː.məns] [pɚˈfɔɹ.məns] en-us-performance.ogg [pəˈfoː.məns]

Word forms

performance performances performaunce

Etymology

From Middle English parfourmaunce; equivalent to perform + -ance.

Related words

performant preformance preform

Derived words

antiperformance autoperformance concert performance coperformance cyberformance cyberperformance high-performance high-performance liquid chromatography informance isoperformance key performance indicator low-performance midperformance misperformance multiperformance nonperformance outperformance overperformance performance anxiety performance arousal performance art performance artist performance bond performance-driven performance management performance metric performance poetry performancewear postperformance preperformance reperformance seismic performance specific performance street performance ultraperformance underperformance unperformance variety performance
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