Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of perform
The greatest recovery was recorded by London Overground, where the level of journeys was at 55.9% of that recorded two years previously. ScotRail (32.2%) was the lowest-performing operator.
2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68
plural performings
- A performance.
Yet the misfortune of his life, his vast attempts but most inadequate performings, failing to accomplish any one masterpiece, seems to mark the closing of an era.
1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits, page 248
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe performance of a part or role in a drama
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with performing
All rhymes →Cite this entry
performing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/performing
“performing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/performing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “performing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/performing.
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