performance
NOUN:
1. a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
2. the act of performing a ceremony, play, piece of music, etc.
3. the execution or accomplishment of work, acts, feats, etc.
4. a particular action, deed, or proceeding.
5. the manner in which or the efficiency with which something reacts or fulfills its intended purpose.
6. the act, process, or art of performing.
7. an artistic or dramatic production:
last night's performance was great.
8. manner or quality of functioning:
a machine's performance.
9. any accomplishment.
10. the execution of an action.
11. something accomplished; deed, feat.
12. the fulfillment of a claim, promise, or request; implementation.
13. the action of representing a character in a play.
14. a public presentation or exhibition:
a benefit performance.
15. the ability to perform; efficiency.
16. the manner in which a mechanism performs:
engine performance.
17. the manner of reacting to stimuli; behavior.
18. an action or proceeding of an unusual or spectacular kind:
His temper tantrum was quite a performance.
Examples:
This evening's performance will start at 8 o'clock. // The hall is usually used for orchestra performances. —Merriam-Webster.
in linguistics:
1. the actual use of language in real situations, which may or may not fully reflect a speaker's competence, being subject to such nonlinguistic factors as inattention, distraction, memory lapses, fatigue, or emotional state.
2. (in transformational grammar) the form of the human language faculty, viewed as concretely embodied in speakers.
3. the linguistic behavior of an individual; parole. Also, the ability to speak a certain language.
Compare competence, langue, and parole.
Origin:
First recorded in 1485–95; perform + -ance. —Dictionary.com. // 15th century. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
2. the act of performing a ceremony, play, piece of music, etc.
3. the execution or accomplishment of work, acts, feats, etc.
4. a particular action, deed, or proceeding.
5. the manner in which or the efficiency with which something reacts or fulfills its intended purpose.
6. the act, process, or art of performing.
7. an artistic or dramatic production:
last night's performance was great.
8. manner or quality of functioning:
a machine's performance.
9. any accomplishment.
10. the execution of an action.
11. something accomplished; deed, feat.
12. the fulfillment of a claim, promise, or request; implementation.
13. the action of representing a character in a play.
14. a public presentation or exhibition:
a benefit performance.
15. the ability to perform; efficiency.
16. the manner in which a mechanism performs:
engine performance.
17. the manner of reacting to stimuli; behavior.
18. an action or proceeding of an unusual or spectacular kind:
His temper tantrum was quite a performance.
Examples:
This evening's performance will start at 8 o'clock. // The hall is usually used for orchestra performances. —Merriam-Webster.
in linguistics:
1. the actual use of language in real situations, which may or may not fully reflect a speaker's competence, being subject to such nonlinguistic factors as inattention, distraction, memory lapses, fatigue, or emotional state.
2. (in transformational grammar) the form of the human language faculty, viewed as concretely embodied in speakers.
3. the linguistic behavior of an individual; parole. Also, the ability to speak a certain language.
Compare competence, langue, and parole.
Origin:
First recorded in 1485–95; perform + -ance. —Dictionary.com. // 15th century. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.