performance
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
performance/pəˈfɔːməns/
▶noun
- 1 an act of performing a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.
■ a person's rendering of a dramatic role, song, or piece of music.
- 2 the action or process of performing a task or function.
■ the capabilities of a machine or product.
■ the extent to which an investment is profitable.
■ Linguistics an individual's actual use of a language, including hesitations and errors.
Often contrasted with competence.
- 3 informal a display of exaggerated behaviour; an elaborate fuss.
'performance' also found in these Oxford entries:
account
- acetonitrile
- act
- aleatory
- anabolic steroid
- appraisal
- appraise
- arioso
- arrange
- artificial intelligence
- benefit
- best
- blinder
- blood doping
- bonus
- bravura
- cassation
- catch
- choreograph
- clenbuterol
- clumsy
- command performance
- competence
- concert
- concert overture
- concert performance
- conduct
- connect
- cover
- cross-train
- cue
- curtain call
- curtain-up
- date
- detune
- dismal
- dope
- double act
- dress rehearsal
- dry run
- duet
- duty
- dynamics
- earn-out
- encore
- ensemble
- entertainment
- envelope
- expense
- extract
