The engineer's performance of the complex calibration procedure was flawless, ensuring the telescope's precise alignment.
工程师对复杂校准程序的执行完美无缺，确保了望远镜的精确对准。
Interviews conducted with retired professional musicians revealed that most did not cite performance anxiety or physical injury as their primary reason for retiring, but rather a gradual loss of enjoyment that developed after years of touring on a fixed schedule dictated by others.
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A workplace study found that employees who received specific, actionable feedback from managers ('revise the third paragraph to include supporting data') improved their performance more over three months than employees who received only general praise or general criticism without specific suggestions.
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A survey of college students found that those who studied with a consistent group of peers throughout a semester reported significantly less test-related anxiety than those who studied alone, even after accounting for total hours spent studying and prior exam performance.
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Which choice best defines “performance”?
C — The act of performing a task or function. “performance” means the act of performing a task or function.
Which word means “the act of performing a task or function”?
A — performance. “performance” means the act of performing a task or function.
performance — the act of performing a task or function. In Chinese: 表现，演出.
performance is pronounced /pərˈfɔːrməns/.
The engineer's performance of the complex calibration procedure was flawless, ensuring the telescope's precise alignment. (工程师对复杂校准程序的执行完美无缺，确保了望远镜的精确对准。)
execution, conduct, operation — all close in meaning to performance (the act of performing a task or function).
malfunction, failure — each the opposite of performance (the act of performing a task or function).
Yes. performance is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.