Category:Performance

Per*form"ance, n.

Defn: the act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; Execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, The performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.

2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried Through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of An elaborate or public character. "her walking and other actual Performances." Shak. "his musical performances." Macaulay.

Syn. -- completion; consummation; execution; accomplishment; achievement; Production; work; act; action; deed; exploit; feat.