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performation

performation noun: performance.

Noun

performation (countable and uncountable, plural performations)

  1. (obsolete) Performance.
    • When I come, I will conclude, and I hope there is nothing, but will fall within the Compaſs of mine own ſimple Judgment, for the good or bad Performation, for which, if John were come, yon ſhould have me ſhortly with you.1703, Thomas Bodley, chapter XCVIII, in Reliquiæ Bodleianæ: or Some Genuine Remains of Sir Thomas Bodley, London: […] John Hartley, page 191

Forms of performation

pluralperformations

Origin of performation

From perform + -ation.

Questions about performation

What does performation mean?
Performation means performance.
What part of speech is performation?
Performation is a noun.
What is the plural of performation?
The plural of performation is performations.

Words near performation in the dictionary

  1. performances
  2. performancewear
  3. performant
  4. performantly
  5. performants
  6. performation
  7. performatism
  8. performative
  9. performative authoritarianism
  10. performative utterance
  11. performative utterances

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