performance

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. action, representation, achievement; rendition, execution, touch; efficiency. See effect, drama.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The fulfilling of a function]

Syn. completion, fulfillment, attainment, doing, achievement, accomplishment, execution, carrying out, administration, enforcement, consummation, realization, fruition.

Ant. failure*, unfulfillment, frustration.

2. [A public presentation]

Syn. production, appearance, rehearsal, exhibition, offering, representation, pageant, burlesque, spectacle, review, revue, opera, masque, play, drama, dance recital, concert, exhibit, display, special*; see also act 4 , drama 1 , show 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. execution carrying out, fulfillment, accomplishment, completion, doing, discharge, realization.

2. show entertainment, presentation, production, exhibition, spectacle, portrayal, depiction, rendition, characterization.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of beginning and carrying through to completion: discharge, effectuation, execution, prosecution. See DO. 2. One's artistic conception, as of a dramatic role: execution, interpretation, reading, realization, rendering, rendition. See PERFORMING ARTS. 3. The way in which a machine or other thing performs or functions: behavior, functioning, operation, reaction, working (often used in plural). See ACTION, MACHINE.