performance

A2 Topic:People & Society

US [pɚˈfɔɹ.məns] UK [pəˈfɔː.məns] See IPA manual

Freq #2240

Meanings

1

noun
A show in which someone acts, sings, dances, or plays music for an audience.

The band gave a great performance at the concert.
2

noun
How well a person, machine, or company does something.

The team's performance improved a lot this season.
3

noun
The act of doing or carrying out a task or duty.

He was praised for the performance of his duties.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a show in which someone... public presentation

2 noun · how well a person, machine,... operation

3 noun · the act of doing or... execution

Word family

Forms performances

Derived forms antiperformanceautoperformancecoperformancecyberformancecyberperformancehigh-performanceinformanceisoperformancelow-performancemidperformancemisperformancemultiperformance

Related forms performant preformpreformance

Appears in

Phrases (3)

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Proverbs (1)

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A bad dress rehearsal means a good performance

Etymology

From Middle English parfourmaunce; equivalent to perform + -ance.

parfourmaunce Middle English

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Topics

People & Society Theater & Performance

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# performance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** [pɚˈfɔɹ.məns]
**IPA (UK):** [pəˈfɔː.məns]
**Frequency rank:** 2240

## Meanings
1. A show in which someone acts, sings, dances, or plays music for an audience.
2. How well a person, machine, or company does something.
3. The act of doing or carrying out a task or duty.

## Examples
- The band gave a great performance at the concert.
- The team's performance improved a lot this season.
- He was praised for the performance of his duties.

## Derived Forms
- antiperformance
- autoperformance
- coperformance
- cyberformance
- cyberperformance
- high-performance
- informance
- isoperformance
- low-performance
- midperformance
- misperformance
- multiperformance

## Related Forms
- performant
- preform
- preformance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parfourmaunce
- Affix: -ance - state

## Etymology
From Middle English parfourmaunce; equivalent to perform + -ance.

## AI Etymology
Performance comes from Middle English parfourmaunce; equivalent to perform + -ance. The historical chain includes parfourmaunce (Middle English). In present-day English it covers a show in which someone acts, sings, dances, or plays music for an audience, how well a person, machine, or company does something, and the act of doing or carrying out a task or duty. The wider family includes derived forms such as antiperformance, autoperformance, coperformance, cyberformance, cyberperformance and related forms such as performant, preform, preformance.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Theater & Performance

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