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say it: pur-FAWR-muhns
performance is a noun meaning "a dramatic or musical entertainment". It carries 5 recorded senses.
a dramatic or musical entertainment
“they listened to ten different performances”
“the play ran for 100 performances”
“the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity”
the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
“we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal”
“an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto”
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
“they criticised his performance as mayor”
“experience generally improves performance”
any recognized accomplishment
“they admired his performance under stress”
“when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe”
process or manner of functioning or operating
“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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for performance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.