performance

Noun

• 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
    

• any recognized accomplishment
  • they admired his performance under stress
    
  • when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  operation , functioning , execution , carrying out , carrying into action , public presentation