EGAVE

performance

About 100.96 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
    the performance of an undertaking or a duty
  2. noun 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. noun A live show or concert.
    The band played a mix of old and new songs during their 90-minute performance.
  4. noun 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. noun 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.

Similar words

doing operation functioning execution carrying into action carrying out public presentation show showing action

Often followed by

of and in is on was by as at

Word family

performances

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