performance


Definition: Meaning of, performance in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns /

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performance performances
  1. [countable] when someone performs a play or a piece of music
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  2. [uncountable and countable] how well or badly a person, company etc does a particular job or activity
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  3. [uncountable] the act of doing a piece of work, duty etc
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  4. [uncountable] how well a car or other machine works
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  5. a performance British English spoken a process that takes a lot of unnecessary time and effort
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performance used in phrases

  • Army High Performance Computing Research Center (noun)
    1. a United States defence laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defence technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
  • command performance (noun)
    1. a special performance at a theatre that is given for a king, president etc
  • dramatic performance (noun)
    1. the act of performing a drama
  • high-performance (adjective)
    1. high-performance cars/computers/tyres etc cars, computers etc that are able to go faster, do more work etc than normal ones
  • linguistic performance (noun)
    1. contrasted with linguistic competence linguistics a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies
  • musical performance (noun)
    1. the act of performing music
  • performance art (noun)
    1. a type of art that can combine acting, dance, painting, film etc to express an idea
  • performance bond (noun)
    1. a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled; a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance
  • performance capability (noun)
    1. the capability of a technological system to perform as intended
  • performance-enhancing (adjective)
    1. performance-enhancing drug/product/supplement etc a drug or product that is used illegally by people competing in sports events to improve their performance
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