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Definition of performance : 1. 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.
2. 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.

Synonyms:

completion, gig, execution of instrument, double bill, perpetration, curtain raiser, a tall order, special, baseline, opera, administration, achievement, cognitive operation, surgery, capital, surgical process, idle, murder, burlesque, gauge, failure, effectuation, booking, backfire, consummation, grind, capital punishment, burn up, chore, phrasing, mathematical operation, burden, blue chip, public presentation, derivative, rendering, drama, necessity, interpretation, surgical operation, instruction execution, writ of execution, arbitrage, mare, carrying into action, mathematical process, surgical procedure, implementation, representation, cognitive process, discharge, appearance, flood, exertion, cut out, criterion, offering, military operation, attainment, play, act, fire, exhibition, performing arts, death penalty, command performance, slaying, the Proms, the impossible, draw, pageant, rehearsal, level, concert, par, review, struggle, bond, hula, headache, jam, pursuance, jam session, production number, executing, machine, doing, work, execution, reading, accomplishment, debut, capital-intensive, version, promenade concert, effect, the elephant in the room, capital gains tax, contrarian, reaction, rendition, mental process, rating, display, standard, transaction, exhibit, process, prosecution, spectacle, carrying out, do, functioning, annuity, go, show, double feature, working, enforcement, fulfillment, realization, enactment, cycle, quality, debenture, quality assurance

exercise, labor, action, behavior, endeavor, activity, enterprise, effort, conduct, movement, deed, operation, practice, motion

contract, gambit, aim, production, project, job, commitment, exploit, undertaking, approach, engagement, maneuver, purpose, attempt, proceeding, venture, assay, adventure, essay

pursuit, initiative, scheme, task, feat, procedure, campaign, affair

business, energy, animation, agility, kinetics, stirring, liveliness

Usage examples:

• The performance to be witnessed was worth ten times the price of entry. - "The Lion's Share", E. Arnold Bennett.
• He may not, however, see any meaning or sense in the performance as a whole. - "How We Think", John Dewey.
• They had a real tent, which their grandfather got for them, and in it they and some of their friends gave a very funny performance. - "Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show", Laura Lee Hope.