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Performance

pəˈfɔːmən(t)s

Performance definitions
noun
performance performances
  1. an act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment

    "Don Giovanni had its first performance in 1787"

    • an act of performing a dramatic role, song, or piece of music

      "Bailey gives a sound performance as the doctor"

    • a display of exaggerated behaviour or a process involving a great deal of unnecessary time and effort; a fuss

      "he stopped to fasten his shoelace and seemed to be making quite a performance of it"

  2. the action or process of performing a task or function

    "the continual performance of a single task reduces a man to the level of a machine"

    • a task or operation seen in terms of how successfully it is performed

      "pay increases are now being linked more closely to performance"

    • the capabilities of a machine, product, or vehicle

      "the hardware is put through tests which assess the performance of the processor"

    • the extent to which an investment is profitable, especially in relation to other investments

      "unit-trust performance"

    • an individual's use of a language, i.e. what a speaker actually says, including hesitations, false starts, and errors