performance

Meaning of performance

noun
  1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
    the performance of an undertaking or a duty
  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.
    Better performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using fewer resources.
  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. :w:linguistic performance.

Information about performance

Hyphenation of performance

per-for-mance

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • performance is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

performance synonyms

Meaning execution:

execution

Meaning operation:

operation, functioning

Translation of performance

Words that rhyme with performance

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