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1 ♦ performance
♦ performance /pəˈfɔ:məns/n. [uc]1 esecuzione ( anche leg.); adempimento; compimento; effettuazione; assolvimento ( di un dovere): the performance of a contract, l'adempimento di un contratto; the performance of a command, l'esecuzione di un ordine2 (teatr.) rappresentazione; recita; spettacolo; (mus.) esecuzione, concerto: a benefit performance, uno spettacolo di beneficenza; a brilliant performance, uno spettacolo stupendo; repeat performance, replica4 ( d'una macchina, d'un motore, ecc.) prestazioni ( di esercizio); rendimento, resa, performance: high-performance, dalle prestazioni elevate; solid performance, buon rendimento5 (ling.) esecuzione; performance7 (fam.) cosa fastidiosa, difficile (da farsi); impresa (fig.): Solving the problem has been quite a performance, è stato un'impresa risolvere il problema8 ( sport) performance; rendimento; resa; prestazioni: ( calcio) a good team performance, un buon rendimento dell'intera squadra; un buon lavoro d'équipe● (med.) performance anxiety, ansia da prestazione □ performance appraisal, valutazione (di merito) del personale ( di un'azienda) □ (teatr.) performance art, performance (art) ( forma di produzione teatrale, pittorica e artistica) □ (leg.) performance bond, garanzia dell'esecuzione ( di un contratto o appalto) □ (tecn.) performance characteristic, caratteristica operativa □ (tecn.) performance data, dati del funzionamento □ ( sport) performance-enhancing drugs, sostanze stupefacenti che migliorano le prestazioni; sostanze dopanti □ ( Borsa) the performance of the stock market, l'andamento del mercato azionario □ (org. az.) performance pay, retribuzione aggiuntiva per il maggiore rendimento □ performance poetry, la poesia composta appositamente per essere recitata in pubblico □ ( di salario) performance-related, rapportato al rendimento □ (org. az., psic.) performance test, test di rendimento □ What a performance!, che impresa difficile!; (spreg.) che brutto modo di fare!; che messinscena!; che spettacolo indegno! -
2 terrific ter·rif·ic adj
[tə'rɪfɪk](fam: very good: performance, book, news) fantastico (-a), stupendo (-a), formidabile, eccezionale, (extreme: heat, speed, noise, anxiety) spaventoso (-a), (amount, scare) enorme, impressionanteFALSE FRIEND: terrific is not translated by the Italian word terrificante
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