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 |
drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
jab jabbing poke poking thrust thrusting | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow), he warned me with a jab with his finger, he made a thrusting motion with his fist |
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 |
stab thrust knife thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument, one strong stab to the heart killed him |
lunge straight thrust passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
knife fight snickersnee cut-and-thrust | fighting with knives |
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 |
thrust bearing | a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution |
thrust stage | a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides |
operating capability performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
thrust | verbal criticism, he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians |
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 |
thrust fault overthrust fault reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
push thrust | the force used in pushing, the push of the water on the walls of the tank, the thrust of the jet engines |
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 |
force thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably, She forced her diet fads on him |
pierce thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
throw thrust | place or put with great energy, She threw the blanket around the child, thrust the money in the hands of the beggar |
push out obtrude thrust out | push to thrust outward |
thrust | push forcefully, He thrust his chin forward |
barge thrust ahead push forward | push one's way, she barged into the meeting room |
lunge hurl hurtle thrust | make a thrusting forward movement |
thrust stuff shove squeeze | press or force, Stuff money into an envelope, She thrust the letter into his hand |
thrust push up | push upward, The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air |
thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock |
high-performance | modified to give superior performance, a high-performance car |