performance | any recognized accomplishment, they admired his performance under stress, when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe |
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 |
specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
linguistic performance | (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations, what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence) |
dramatic production dramatic performance | the act of performing a drama, the group joined together in a dramatic production |
musical performance | the act of performing music |
foul shot free throw penalty free throw charity toss charity throw charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
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 |
punishment penalty penalization penalisation | the act of punishing |
execution executing capital punishment death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
penalty box | (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties |
penalty | (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game |
penalty | the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition, neglected his health and paid the penalty |
operating capability performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
performance public presentation | a dramatic or musical entertainment, they listened to ten different performances, the play ran for performances, the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity |
theatrical performance theatrical representation histrionics | a performance of a play |
penalty | a payment required for not fulfilling a contract |
performance bond surety bond | a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled, a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance |
operation functioning performance | 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 |
high-performance | modified to give superior performance, a high-performance car |