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command performances

command performances is the plural of command performance.

Meaning of command 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
  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

Questions about command performances

What is command performances the plural of?
Command performances is the plural of command performance.

Words near command performances in the dictionary

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

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