performance

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A live show or concert.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
  5. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Synonyms

show
A1
execution
C1
accomplishment
C2
operation
B1
action
A2
act
A2
efficiency
C2
achievement
C1
play
A1
doing
A1
presentation
C1
practice
B1
deed
C1
work
A1
fulfilment
42k
feat
C2
implementation
32k
working
A1
acting
B1
carrying out
discharge
C1
showing
B1
fulfillment
22k
conduct
B2
display
B2
result
B1
representation
C2
attainment
program
B1
demonstration
C1
activity
B2
spectacle
C2
👓
output
C2
concert
B2
success
B1
nature
B1
staging
C2
stunt
C1
enforcement
C1
effort
B1
carry out
realization
C2
effect
B1
rendering
21k
handling
B2
entertainment
B2
quality
B2
exploit
C1
production
B2
programme
C1
Translations

Leistung
performance
exécution
représentation
Aufführung
أداء
prestazione
rappresentazione
rendimiento
réalisation
rendement
prestatie
Vorstellung
💡
Durchführung
esecuzione
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pəɹ.ˈfɔɹ.məns/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
parfourmaunce
In summary

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

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