Topic: PERFORMING

performance
noun

per‧form‧ance S3 W1 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

1 [countable]

AP when someone performs a play or a piece of music

Stern's performance of the Bruch concerto

The orchestra will give two more performances this week.

This evening's performance will begin at 8.00 pm.

memorable/brilliant/inspired etc performance

Franklin gave a memorable performance at last year's festival.

a live performance by the local band Indigo

2 [uncountable and countable] how well or badly a person, company etc does a particular job or activity:

a training program to improve employees' performance

Sean's performance at school has greatly improved.

the country's economic performance

poor/good performance

an employee's chances of being fired for poor performance

Exam results are used as performance indicators (=things that show how well something is done) for schools.

3 [uncountable] the act of doing a piece of work, duty etc

performance of

the performance of his official duties

4 [uncountable]TTTE how well a car or other machine works:

The car's performance on mountain roads was impressive.

an imaging system using high-performance (=very effective) technology

a performance

British English spoken a process that takes a lot of unnecessary time and effort:

Shopping at the markets turned out to be quite a performance.