high-performance

1. 1.

   modified to give superior performance

   “a high-performance car”

   Similarsuperior

Questions about high-performance

What does high-performance mean?

high-performance means "modified to give superior performance".

How many syllables are in high-performance?

high-performance has 4 syllables and divides as high--per-for-mance under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is high-performance a common word?

high-performance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.