performance

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See also: Performance and perfórmance

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English parfourmaunce; equivalent to perform +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)

  1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
    the performance of an undertaking or a duty
    Though the result wasn't what we were hoping for, I have to commend the performance of the team, never giving up until the end.
    • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
      Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
  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. (art) A live show or concert.
    The band played a mix of old and new songs during their 90-minute performance.
    We saw the whole ballet performance from the front row.
  4. 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. (linguistics) 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.

Hyponyms

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Hyponyms of performance (arts)

Derived terms

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Collocations

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Collocations
  • Adjectives 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.

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Translations

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References

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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performance f (plural performances)

  1. performance (a live show or concert)

References

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  1. ^ "performance" at ésAdir

Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pərˈfɔːrməns/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: per‧for‧mance

Noun

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performance f or m (plural performances)

  1. performance (act of performing)
  2. performance (that which is performed or accomplished)
  3. performance (live show)
    De performance ‘I'm leaving this room’, waarbij Oenema, gezeten naast een overheadprojector, zingend haar knipsels liet zien, stond onder meer op het Crossing Border Festival en Noorderslag.
    The performance ‘I'm leaving this room’, in which Oenema, seated next to an overhead projector, sang and showed her clippings, was performed at the Crossing Border Festival and Noorderslag, among others.
  4. performance (amount of useful work accomplished)
    Om maar eens een understatement te gebruiken: het is niet mijn beste performance geweest in de afgelopen jaren.
    To use an understatement: it was not my best performance in recent years.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mɑ̃s/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
  • Hyphenation: per‧for‧mance

Noun

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performance f (plural performances)

  1. (sports) performance

Descendants

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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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performance f (invariable)

  1. performance

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ performance in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • performance in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/, /pɛɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

Noun

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performance f (plural performances)

  1. acting performance
    Synonyms: atuação, desempenho
  2. realization
  3. feat
  4. (art) performance (artistic manifestation based on staging that can combine dance, music, audiovisual media)
  5. (linguistics) performance (manifestation of a speaker's linguistic competence)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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performance f (plural performances)

  1. performance art
  2. performance (amount of useful work accomplished)

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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