Synonyms: performance
Definition: any recognized accomplishment
Usage: they admired his performance under stress; when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe
Similar words: accomplishment, achievement
Definition: the action of accomplishing something
Synonyms: performance, carrying into action, carrying out, execution
Definition: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Usage: they criticised his performance as mayor; experience generally improves performance
Similar words: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Synonyms: performance
Definition: the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
Usage: we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal; an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto
Similar words: demonstration, presentation, presentment
Definition: a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
Usage: the presentation of new data; he gave the customer a demonstration
Synonyms: performance, public presentation
Definition: a dramatic or musical entertainment
Usage: they listened to ten different performances; the play ran for 100 performances; the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
Similar words: show
Definition: a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
Usage: they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway
Synonyms: operation, performance, functioning
Definition: process or manner of functioning or operating
Usage: the power of its engine determines its operation; the plane's operation in high winds; they compared the cooking performance of each oven; the jet's performance conformed to high standards
Similar words: physical process, process
Definition: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Usage: events now in process; the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls