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command performance

command performance noun: a dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance.

Noun

command performance (plural command performances)

  1. (archaic) A dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance.
    • "I've been giving a ‘command’ performance for the president," explained the actor modestly.c. 1900, Richard Harding Davis, Billy and the Big Stick
    • Following a 1973 White House command performance and a TV special, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back, Sinatra made his first nightclub appearance in three years at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace.1974 February 4, “People”, in Time
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) A task, activity, or other assignment which one undertakes in order to satisfy someone in authority, such as an employer.
    • Some big client of Arthur's is coming to town, and Sally is supposed to entertain the man's wife. She says it's a command performance.2002, Susan Wittig Albert, Indigo Dying, Penguin, published 2004, →ISBN, page 26

command performance meaning in Bengali

command performance in Bengali

সঙ্গীত, অনুরূপ বিনোদন, কোনো কাজ

Forms of command performance

pluralcommand performances

Questions about command performance

What does command performance mean?
Command performance means a dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance.
What is command performance in Bengali?
Command performance in Bengali is সঙ্গীত, অনুরূপ বিনোদন, কোনো কাজ. See Command performance meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is command performance?
Command performance is a noun.
What is the plural of command performance?
The plural of command performance is command performances.

Words near command performance in the dictionary

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  3. command papers
  4. command pattern
  5. command patterns
  6. command performance
  7. command performances
  8. command post
  9. command posts
  10. command processing overhead time
  11. command processing overhead times

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