Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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