NONPERFORMANCE | • nonperformance n. A failure to perform a task, especially a task that one was legally bound to do. • NONPERFORMANCE n. something that is not a performance. |
NONPERFORMANCES | • nonperformances n. Plural of nonperformance. • NONPERFORMANCE n. something that is not a performance. |
PERFORMABILITY | • performability n. A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults. • PERFORMABILITY n. the state of being performable. |
PERFORMABLE | • performable adj. Able to be performed. • PERFORMABLE adj. that can be performed. |
PERFORMANCE | • performance n. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation… • performance n. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an… • performance n. (Art) A live show or concert. |
PERFORMANCES | • performances n. Plural of performance. • PERFORMANCE n. the execution of an action. |
PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
PERFORMATORY | • performatory adj. Synonym of performative. • PERFORMATORY adj. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, also PERFORMATIVE. |
PREPERFORMANCE | • preperformance adj. Done or made before or in preparation for a performance. • preperformance n. Prior performance. • PREPERFORMANCE adj. preceding a performance. |
PREPERFORMANCES | • preperformances n. Plural of preperformance. |
UNPERFORMABLE | • unperformable adj. Not performable; that cannot be performed. • UNPERFORMABLE adj. not performable. |