English-Dutch translations for performance

• optreden
  En het spijt me, maar na dat optreden dat u eerder hebt gegeven... And I am sorry, but after that performance that you gave earlier...
  Het optreden van de nieuwe voorzitter zal dan ook ongetwijfeld bijzonder kritisch worden gevolgd. The performance of the new chair will undoubtedly be closely scrutinised.
  Ik ben de eerste om toe te geven dat ons optreden op heel wat punten beter kan. I am the first to acknowledge that we have a great deal to do to improve our performance.
• opvoering
• voorstelling
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, ik weet niet wie hier een folkloristische voorstelling geeft, de heer Wolf of ik. I don't know who is giving the folklore performance here, you or me, I don't know.
  We hoeven niet voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rang te zitten. Als de uiteindelijke voorstelling maar de moeite waard is. We do not need any cheap seats in the front row, as long as the ultimate performance is worth watching.

Definition of performance

• 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
• 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 , cf. :w:linguistic performance

Examples

• the performance of an undertaking or a duty
• Better performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using fewer resources

Related words

• high-performance
• nonperformance
• underperformance
• reperformance
• non-performance
• performance appraisal
• performance metric
• performance art
• performance bond