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# performance

noun (a performance, performances; performance, uncountable)

«performance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A performance is a show of acting, music or dance in front of an audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#m1)
2. Performance is how well someone or something does a job or task. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#m2)
3. A performance is the act of doing something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school, there are performances of plays, concerts and dance shows. In sport and schoolwork, teachers talk about your performance in a test or a match. In everyday life, a car's or computer's performance is how fast and well it works. Phrases: "give a performance", "school performance", "good performance".

### Examples

- Our school performance was a big success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x1)
- Tickets for the evening performance are sold out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x2)
- Her performance in the test was excellent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x3)
- The team's performance improved after training. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x4)
- The new computer has better performance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x5)
- He gave a brilliant performance as the wolf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x6)
- Before starting your performance, salute your audience!” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/#x7)

### Note

Countable for shows ("three performances"), uncountable for how well something works. Ends in -ance, not -ence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «performance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/performance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«performance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/performance.html) on Mova free.