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performance
Overview of noun performance
The noun performance has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (232) performance, public presentation -- (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")
2. (223) performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action -- (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")
3. (191) 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")
4. (40) operation, functioning, performance -- (process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine 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")
5. (21) performance -- (any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun performance
5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
=> show
=> social event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
performance
=> presentation, presentment, demonstration
=> show
=> entertainment, amusement
=> diversion, recreation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
operation, functioning, performance
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
performance
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun performance
4 of 5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
=> act, routine, number, turn, bit
=> benefit
=> concert
=> pianism
=> play reading
=> premiere
=> recital
=> rendition, rendering
=> song and dance
=> theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, histrionics
=> spectacular
=> world premiere
Sense 2
performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> specific performance
=> mechanism, mechanics
=> officiation
Sense 3
performance
=> dramatic production, dramatic performance
=> encore
=> extemporization, extemporisation, improvisation
=> juggle, juggling
=> magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
=> musical performance
=> one-night stand
=> rendition, rendering, interpretation
=> swan song, last hurrah
=> program, programme
Sense 5
performance
=> overachievement
=> underachievement
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun performance
5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
=> show
Sense 2
performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> action
Sense 3
performance
=> presentation, presentment, demonstration
Sense 4
operation, functioning, performance
=> process, physical process
Sense 5
performance
=> accomplishment, achievement
Antonyms of noun performance
Member Holonyms of noun performance
Substance Holonyms of noun performance
Part Holonyms of noun performance
Member Meronyms of noun performance
Substance Meronyms of noun performance
Part Meronyms of noun performance
2 of 5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
HAS PART: finale, coda
Sense 3
performance
HAS PART: acting, playing, playacting, performing
Meronyms of noun performance
2 of 5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
HAS PART: finale, coda
Sense 3
performance
HAS PART: acting, playing, playacting, performing
Holonyms of noun performance
Attributes of noun performance
Derived Forms of noun performance
2 of 5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
RELATED TO>(verb) perform#3
=> perform
Sense 2
performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
RELATED TO>(verb) perform#1
=> perform, execute, do
Domain of noun performance
Domain Terms of noun performance
Familiarity of noun performance
performance used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun performance
5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
> show
=> stage dancing, choreography
=> movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
=> attraction
=> broadcast, program, programme
=> performance, public presentation
=> burlesque
=> play
=> galanty show, shadow show, shadow play
=> puppet show, puppet play
=> variety show, variety
Sense 2
performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
> action
=> thing
=> kindness, benignity
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> alienation
=> res gestae
=> course, course of action
=> interaction
=> fetch
=> playing
=> play, swordplay
=> arrival
=> performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> choice, selection, option, pick
=> change
=> economy, saving
=> prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
=> resistance, opposition
=> bruxism
=> transfusion
=> pickings, taking
=> transgression
=> aggression, hostility
=> destabilization, destabilisation
=> employment, engagement
=> reference, consultation
=> emphasizing, accenting, accentuation
=> beatification
=> jumpstart, jump-start
=> stupefaction
=> vampirism
Sense 3
performance
> presentation, presentment, demonstration
=> exhibition
=> exposure
=> performance
=> lecture demonstration
=> counterdemonstration
Sense 4
operation, functioning, performance
> process, physical process
=> phenomenon
=> chelation
=> dealignment
=> decrease, decrement
=> degeneration, devolution
=> development, evolution
=> economic process
=> encapsulation
=> execution, instruction execution
=> human process
=> increase, increment, growth
=> industrial process
=> irreversible process
=> iteration, looping
=> iteration, loop
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> operation, functioning, performance
=> organic process, biological process
=> photography
=> processing
=> reversible process
=> sensitization, sensitisation
=> shaping, defining
=> variation
Sense 5
performance
> accomplishment, achievement
=> beachhead, foothold
=> cakewalk
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> masterpiece
=> masterstroke
=> credit
=> performance
=> record, track record
=> fait accompli, accomplished fact
=> going, sledding
=> arrival, reaching
=> close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape
=> attainment
=> liberation, release, freeing
=> base on balls, walk, pass
=> haymaking
=> face saver, face saving
=> recruitment, enlisting
=> smooth
Meronyms of noun performance
5 senses of performance
Sense 1
performance, public presentation
HAS PART: finale, coda
Sense 3
performance
HAS PART: acting, playing, playacting, performing
Holonyms of noun performance
Grep of noun performance
army high performance computing research center
dramatic performance
musical performance
nonperformance
performance
performance bond
performance capability
specific performance
theatrical performance
Grep of adj performance
high-performance
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