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performance
English
Alternative forms
- performaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
perform +? -ance
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?r-fôr?-m?ns, IPA(key): /p??.?f??.m?ns/
- (UK) IPA(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
- (US) IPA(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
- Hyphenation: per?for?mance
Noun
performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- (art) A live show or concert.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. w:linguistic performance.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "performance": high, poor, improved, superior, excellent, good, peak, top, optimal, low, economic, academic, financial, musical, human, environmental, vocal, cognitive, dynamic, organizational, historical, physical, social, mechanical, electrical, mental, macroeconomic.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- high-performance
- low-performance
- performance art
Related terms
- performant
Descendants
Translations
References
- performance at OneLook Dictionary Search
- performance in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- performance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From English performance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /per?f?rm?ns/
Noun
performance f (plural performances)
- performance (a live show or concert)
Further reading
- “performance” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English performance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.f??.m??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
performance f (plural performances)
- (sports) performance
Further reading
- “performance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English performance.
Noun
performance f (invariable)
- performance
Synonyms
- (the act of performing) esecuzione
- (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
- (show) esibizione
Further reading
- performance in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- perfórmance (uncommon)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe?.?f??.m??.si/
Etymology
Borrowed from English performance.
Noun
performance f (plural performances)
- performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)
- Synonym: desempenho
Further reading
- “performance” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English performance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe??fo?mans/, [pe??fo?.mãns]
Noun
performance f (plural performances)
- performance art
- performance (amount of useful work accomplished)
Further reading
- “performance” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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working
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?k??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k??
- Hyphenation: work?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyr?ung (“working, work”), verbal noun of wyr?an (“to work”), equivalent to work +? -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.
Noun
working (countable and uncountable, plural workings)
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Method of operation.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- Fermentation.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- A place where work is carried on.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English workyng, wirkynge, worchinge, werchinge, workinde, wirkand, worchende, wurchende, from Old English wyr?ende, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wurkijan? (“to work”), equivalent to work +? -ing. Compare Scots wirkand, werkand, warkand (“working”), Dutch werkend (“working, acting”), German wirkend (“acting, working”).
Verb
working
- present participle of work
Adjective
working (not comparable)
- That is or are functioning.
- That suffices but requires additional work.
- In paid employment.
- Of or relating to employment.
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- a working knowledge of computers
- Used in real life; practical.
Synonyms
- (functioning):: functioning; up (mainly used of computers):
- (that suffices but requires further work):: draft, provisional, temporary
- (in paid employment):: employed, in employment
- (of or relating to employment):: work
- (enough to allow one to use something):: basic
Antonyms
- (functioning):: broken, broken-down, down (mainly used of computers):
Derived terms
Hyponyms
- known-working
Translations
Related terms
- work
References
- working in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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