performing

English

Etymology

From perform + -ing

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈfɔɹmɪŋ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ
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  • Hyphenation: per‧form‧ing

Verb

performing

  1. present participle of perform

Noun

performing (plural performings)

  1. A performance.
    • 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits (page 248)
      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.

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