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Performance

The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.

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Accomplishment 76% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Achievement 76% connected

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Demonstration 76% connected

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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Presentation 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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Presentment 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Benefit 76% connected

An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Concert 76% connected

To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

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Conjuration 76% connected

The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Encore 76% connected

Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

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Extemporization 76% connected

The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

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Illusion 76% connected

An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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Improvisation 76% connected

The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.

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Interpretation 76% connected

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…

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Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Juggling 76% connected

of Juggle

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Legerdemain 76% connected

Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.

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Magic 76% connected

A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or b…

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Mechanics 76% connected

That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

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Mechanism 76% connected

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anythi…

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Recital 76% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Rendering 76% connected

of Render

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Rendition 76% connected

The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Routine 76% connected

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

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Spectacular 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.

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Thaumaturgy 76% connected

The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

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Theatrical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, the…

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Trick 76% connected

An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Perform 74% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Perform 74% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Acting 70% connected

of Act

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Coda 70% connected

A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

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Finale 70% connected

Close; termination

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Playing 70% connected

of Play

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Execution 92% connected

The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

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Operation 92% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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