Results for performance
Definitions of performance:
part of speech: noun
Act of performing: carrying out of something: something done: public execution of anything: an act or action.
part of speech: noun
The carrying out or completion of a thing; an acting on the stage; an entertainment provided at any place of amusement; something written or produced; something done; a feat or exploit.
part of speech: noun
The carrying out of something; as, the performance of an undertaking; completion; a thing done: feat; a public exhibition, especially on the stage.
Usage examples for performance:
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The performance this time was not quite what it was when Zachariah had seen it in London.
"The Revolution in Tanner's Lane", Mark Rutherford -
That performance was the most wonderful I ever listened to, and I feel confident no one but those who did hear this strange man can ever entertain any notion of his style or performance
"Recollections of Old Liverpool", A Nonagenarian -
I hope you'll decide to do it, and in about ten or twenty years, when I'm an old married woman, I'll come to your first performance
"Two Little Women on a Holiday", Carolyn Wells -
He was not much a man of the world, but he could read through the lines of a poor performance like this.
"A Dog with a Bad Name", Talbot Baines Reed