performance

English

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Alternative forms

• performaunce

Etymology

From perform + -ance

Pronunciation

• enPR: pər-fôrʹ-məns, IPA: /pər.ˈfɔr.məns/, X-SAMPA: /p@r."fOr.m@ns/
  • (UK) IPA: [pə.ˈfɔː.məns], X-SAMPA: [p@."fO:.m@ns]
  • (US) IPA: [pɚ.ˈfɔɹ.məns], X-SAMPA: [p@`."fOr\.m@ns]

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)məns
• Hyphenation: per‧for‧mance

Noun

performance (plural performances)

1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of 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. (computer science) The amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system compared to the time and resources used. Better Performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using less resources

Usage notes

• Adjecties often applied to "performance": high, poor, improved, superior, excellent, good, peak, top, optimal, low, economic, academic, financial, musical, human, environmental, vocal, cognitive, dynamic, organizational, historical, physical, social, mechanical, electrical, mental, macroeconomic.

Derived terms

• command performance

Hyponyms

• play
• show
• movie
• concert

Translations

the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; accomplishment

• Catalan: actuació (ca) f, execució (ca) f
• Finnish: suoritus (fi)
• French: exécution (fr) f, performance (fr) f
• German: Durchführung (de) f, Leistung (de) f
• Greek: συμπεριφορά (el) (symperiforá)
• Italian: esecuzione (it) f

• Romanian: performanță (ro) f, randament (ro) n, îndeplinire (ro) f, desăvârșire (ro) f
• Russian: выполнение (ru) (vypolnénije) n, исполнение (ru) (ispolnénije) n
• Spanish: actuación (es) f, cumplimiento (es) m, ejecución (es) f, desempeño (es) m
• Swedish: utförande (sv)
• Turkish: performans (tr)

that which is performed or accomplished

• Finnish: suoritus (fi), saavutus (fi)
• French: exécution (fr) f, performance (fr) f
• German: Leistung (de) f

• Italian: prestazione (it) f, rendimento (it) m
• Romanian: realizare (ro) f, realizări (ro) f pl, performanță (ro) f, prestație (ro) f
• Spanish: realización (es) f, ejecución (es) f, rendimiento (es) m

live show or concert

• Catalan: representació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表演 (cmn) (biǎoyǎn)

• Dutch: opvoering (nl) f
• Finnish: esitys (fi)
• French: représentation (fr) f, prestation (fr) f
• German: Aufführung (de) f, Auftritt (de) m

• Greek: παράσταση (el) (parástasi)
• Hebrew: הצגה (he) (hatzagá) f
• Italian: prestazione (it) f, esibizione (it) f
• Japanese: 演奏 (ja) (えんそう, ensō)
• Malay: persembahan (ms)
• Russian: выступление (ru) (vystuplénije) n
• Spanish: actuación (es) f, número (es) m
• Turkish: performans (tr)

amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system

• Finnish: suorituskyky (fi)
• French: performance (fr) f
• German: Leistung f, Arbeitsleistung f
• Greek: βελτιστοποίηση (el) (veltistopoíisi)

• Russian: производительность (ru) (proizvodítelʹnostʹ) f
• Spanish: rendimiento (es) m, desempeño (es) m
• Swedish: prestanda (sv)

business performance

• Czech: výkonnost (cs) f
• Greek: αποδοτικότητα (el) (apodotikótita)

• Russian: производительность (ru) (proizvodítelʹnostʹ) f
• Spanish: cumplimento (es) m, desempeño (es) m, rendimiento (es) m

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• Irish: gníomhaíocht (ga) f

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Etymology

From English performance

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. (sports) performance

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Etymology

English

Noun

performance f (invariable)

1. performance

Synonyms

• (the act of performing) esecuzione
• (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
• (show) esibizione