HOW TO PRONOUNCE
performance
/pɚˈfɔɹməns/
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Give “for” the strongest beat.
Use three syllables and a light r-colored opening. Keep the second vowel prominent and let m lead into the lighter final vowel before n and s.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The report evaluates the team's performance.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does performance mean?
noun
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- A live show or concert.
More meanings (2)
noun
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɚˈfɔɹməns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Sluggish economic performance over the past decade, attributable largely to declining annual rainfall, has reduced levels of per capita income and consumption.
“It was my first performance, and it certainly will be my last. Now I have told you—and remember it is a secret.”
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"The performance has only begun and you know that the ghost does not usually come until the middle of the first act."
But the boy turned actor, and made it appear that it was at his wish the mule had given this diverting performance.
Eaters of glass, tacks, pebbles, and like objects, actually swallow these seemingly impossible things, and disgorge them after the performance is over.