performance
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(noun) any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress" |
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Related Words: accomplishment, achievement, overachievement, underachievement |
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(noun) the act of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "experience generally improves performance" |
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Synonyms: carrying into action, carrying out, doing, execution |
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Related Words: action, mechanics, mechanism, music, specific performance |
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(noun) the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the recital" |
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Related Words: conjuring trick, deception, demonstration, dramatic performance, dramatic production, encore, extemporisation, extemporization, illusion, improvisation, interpretation, juggle, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, musical performance, presentation, presentment, program, programme, rendering, rendition, trick |
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(noun) a dramatic or musical entertainment; "the play ran for 100 performances" or "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity" |
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Synonyms: public presentation |
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Related Words: act, benefit, bit, concert, histrionics, number, pianism, play reading, premiere, recital, rendering, rendition, routine, show, song and dance, spectacular, theatrical, theatrical performance, turn, world premiere |
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(noun) an act or process or manner of functioning or operating: "the power of its engine determines its operation": "the plane's performance in high winds" |
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Synonyms: functioning, operation |
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Related Words: job, work |
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