performance
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
Example
“the performance of an undertaking or a duty”
Other meanings
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.
A live show or concert.
“The band played a mix of old and new songs during their 90-minute performance.”
Related words
- antiperformance
- autoperformance
- coperformance
- cyberformance
- cyberperformance
- informance
- isoperformance
- midperformance
- misperformance
- multiperformance
- nonperformance
- outperformance
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "parfourmaunce".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “performance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.