'Performance' definitions:
Definition of 'performance'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: performance, public presentation]
noun
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"
noun
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" [syn: performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action]
noun
Any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"
noun
Process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determines 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" [syn: operation, functioning, performance]
Definition of 'Performance'
From: GCIDE
- Performance \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. [1913 Webster]
- Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Completion; consummation; execution; accomplishment; achievement; production; work; act; action; deed; exploit; feat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'performance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- music-making,
- musical performance,
- musical program,
- 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
Words containing 'Performance'
- Perform,
- Performable,
- Performed,
- Performer,
- Performing,
- Specific performance,
- dramatic performance,
- linguistic performance,
- musical performance,
- performance bond,
- performance capability,
- performing artist,
- performing arts,
- theatrical performance,
- high-performance,
- army high performance computing research center