performingn.

Brit.

/pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/pərˈfɔrmɪŋ/

Forms: see perform v. and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 performeing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perform v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < perform v. + -ing suffix¹.With sense 2b compare perform v. 4f, performer n. 2b.

I. The act of carrying out.

1. The performance of an action, task, duty, etc.

ΚΠ

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 807 Vp on which misericorde folweth pitee in parfournynge of charitable wekes of misericorde.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 282 (MED) Ech man ouȝte sette þe fulfilling and performyng in his owne persoon of þe leest vertu and treuþe of þi lawe of kynde or of feiþ bifore þe welfare of his body.

1457 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 185 (MED) Hit shall be laufull to euery Maistur..when he departeth owte of the towne..to make a debite..yeuyng hym his hole powere and othe in perfourmyng of all the articles above wreten.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 837 Trew Feythe..Performyng of Penaunce.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xxii. 373 The performing of my office amongest you, I must confesse, hath ben much vnlike.

1614 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 3 116 To take panes as supravisors to see the performinge of all things accordinge to this my will and testament.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b6 Men of parts endeavour the performing of their task.

1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 387 Among the Machines which Art has invented for the performing of it, the Ambe of Hippocrates is one of the most antient and most famous.

1773 H. Mackenzie Man of World I. iv. 46 With Annesly, the getting of a lesson or performing of an exercise was a privilege.

1850 Sci. Amer. 13 Apr. 237/3 The performing of charity and the reading of good authors, will impart a cheerfulness of mind.

1878 Appletons' Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 151/2 His cleaning of his own boots, and performing of other little ordinary offices for himself.

1955 Times 12 Dec. 12/5 The actual performing of the deed must have the bloodlessness of a Thurber drawing.

1992 Spoken Eng. 25 46 The way sentences are put to communicate use in the performing of social actions.

a. The action of carrying out a ceremony or religious rite, or of presenting a piece of music, play, etc., in front of an audience; the giving of a performance. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 21 Quin. A louer that kils himselfe, most gallant, for loue. Bott. That will aske some teares in the true performing of it.

1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke Pref. sig. a3 Such are the Times, Numbers, and Measures..as being duely Composed,..require the Singers skill to vtter them, as if he were then abroad at the Performing of them.

1784 in C. B. Hogan London Stage 1660–1800 (1968) v. 760 Il Curioso Indiscreto... This Night, the last of performing before the Holidays, will not be counted a Subscription Night.

1834 New Eng. Mag. Feb. 161 The performing of the ceremony is merely a legal function, and in no respect a religious one.

1887 Catholic World June 352 One of Elizabeth's first decrees..forbade the performing of any play wherein ‘either matters of religion or of the government of the Commonwealth shall be handled or treated’.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xvii. 308 I'd rather be at Wragby, where I can go about and be still, and not..do any performing of any sort. This tourist performance of enjoying oneself is too hopelessly humiliating.

1992 Men's Health Nov. 88/3 But I also train with weights every other day... I have to be in a ‘high-maintenance’ mode or the performing would wear me down.

b. slang (chiefly Nautical). Insubordination; disruption, troublemaking. Cf. performer n. 2b. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > lack of submission to rightful authority

dissubjection1672

independence1783

insubordination1790

performing1947

1947 Seafarers Log 12 Sept. 8/4 Chances are there will be no performing or gas-hounding this trip, as the crew appears to me to be one of the finest assembled in this Port in a long time.

†II. Completion.

a. The construction or completion of a thing, as a building, tomb, etc. Also occasionally: the composition of a book. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction

building1297

performinga1425

facturec1425

constructionc1440

construingc1440

making-upa1525

compoundingc1529

composition1555

frame1558

compacting1561

composing1574

architecture1590

composure1609

fabric1611

compiling1624

compagination1646

confection1652

composal1700

constitutinga1713

constructure1712

constructing1788

confecting1863

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Christ Church Oxf.) (1973) 2 Macc. ii. 9 He offride sacrifise of halewing & of parfoormyng [L. consummationis] of þe temple.

1478 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 380 Chargyng yow þat it be not solde to non othere vse þan to þe performyng of yowyr fadyrs tovmbe.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. i. 168 To thy helpe in the perfourmynge of this present boke.

b. The making or completion of a garment; esp. the finishing off of a garment by the addition of ornament; trimming, decoration. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > trimming or decking out

performinga1427

trimmingc1525

tricking1549

finifying1674

top-dressing1846

a1427 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 631 Et in denariis solutis pro x peciis de foynes stripes pro perfourming' unius toge de scarlett pro domino meo Edmondo.

1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 491 (MED) Item, paid hym fore performynge of the valaunce, iij s., iiij d.

1503 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 89 For half a furre of shankes for the perfourmyng of the same gown vjs.

1518 MS Harl. 2284 f. 14^v Mantelles of lyberdes wombes for performyng of a gowne of russet velute.

4. A state of completion; an end. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun]

workingOE

executionc1374

performinga1425

expedition1445

executing1480

administration1483

performancec1487

performation1504

handiworka1513

performent1527

dispatchment1529

depeaching1540

exploit1548

depeach?a1562

dispatchinga1564

dispatch1581

acting1598

outbearing1605

peraction1623

expediting1643

implement1754

solutiona1859

out-carrying1869

actuation1875

the world > action or operation > completing > [noun]

enda1300

chevisancec1330

applyinga1382

perfectiona1382

pointc1385

finishmentc1400

accomplishingc1405

complement1419

consummationa1425

effecta1425

performinga1425

accomplishment1425

fining?1448

complishing1449

complishment1454

achevisauncec1475

achievement1477

perfectinga1513

cheving?1518

furniture1529

achievance1531

exploiture1531

exploiting1538

perimplishment1554

consummating1555

finishing?1563

chevance1570

coronation1582

crowning1586

adimpletion1624

fulfilment1624

complusmenta1628

completure1642

completement1652

transaction1655

patration1656

perfunction1656

completion1657

completing1727

ultimation1791

finality1833

perfectuation1859

fruition1885

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Dan. ix. 27 The desolacioun schal contynue til to the parformyng and ende [c1384 E.V. eendynge and eende; L. consummationem et finem].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 383 Parformynge, complecio, perfectio.

Compounds

performing artist n. an artist whose work involves public performance; cf. performing arts n.

ΚΠ

1867 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 23 Apr. 2 The performing artists, who in reality are the creators of the sublime treat you enjoy.

1935 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 29 699 The performing artist does not create, but only brings before the public an already existing work of art in an artistic performance.

2001 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 14 Aug. 1 At the south Metra commuter lot, residents can watch main-stage entertainment from local performing artists.

performing arts n. those arts (as drama, dance, music, etc.) which involve public performance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun]

performing arts1711

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks I. iii. 240 There must be an Art of Hearing found, e'er the performing Arts can have their due Effect, or any thing exquisite in the kind be felt or comprehended.

1946 N.Y. Times 7 June 21/5 The High School of the Performing Arts will differ from other vocational or academic schools in several important details.

1999 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 58 514 Gidayū, which, unlike more iemoto-centered performing arts, emphasizes merit over heredity as the criterion of transmission.

performing pitch n. Music the standard pitch at which an ensemble performs.

ΚΠ

1897 Daily News 2 July 6/5 The London Philharmonic pitch is now A = 439 for 20 deg. Centigrade,..practically agreeing with the performing pitch of Vienna and also of Paris.

1991 Independent (Nexis) 20 July 29 Monteverdi's performing pitch may have been a tone, or even a minor third, higher than ours.

performing rights n. the legal rights of performing a play, piece of music, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > performing or publishing rights

rights1822

performing rights1882

1882 Times 9 May 4/6 The printing and performing rights are very often vested in separate proprietors.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. iii. 534 Performing rights, sheet music, gramophone records... There's bags of money in it.

2003 Los Angeles Times 22 Nov. iii. 1 Saban is credited with writing or co-writing more than 3,700 themes, song cues and other compositions, according to performing rights agency BMI.

performing score n. Music a score from which a musician performs or conductor directs a piece; a score annotated for performance.

ΚΠ

1951 Renaissance News 4 62 She is also preparing a modern performing score of Landi's opera ‘San Alessio’.

1991 Christie's Internat. Mag. Winter 74 (caption) Elijah, manuscript full score of the oratorio in the hand of the composer's copyist Eduard Henschke, annotated throughout by Mendelssohn and used as a performing score by the organist.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

performingadj.

Brit.

/pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/pərˈfɔrmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perform v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < perform v. + -ing suffix².

1. That performs an action, task, or undertaking; acting, doing. Also: †active, capable (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective]

workinga1568

acting1595

performing1595

applicative1607

operative1816

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > that executes or performs

fulfilling1340

performing1595

1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint (new ed.) sig. K2 My choyse was guided by fore-sightfull heede, It was auerred with approuing will, It shalbe followed with performing deede.

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? sig. D3 One [sc. a boy] of such Agility, as he bore away the prize in every mastery: of a winning complexion, and performing constitution.

1662 Duchess of Newcastle Wits Cabal i. ii. xvi, in Playes Written 264 The truth is, men have more promising Tongues, than performing deeds.

1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 142 Sing the sweet Promise of his Grace, And the performing God.

a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1763) I. 109 The dull workman's slow performing hand But coldly executes his lord's command.

1846 R. Browning Soul's Trag. in Bells & Pomegranates No. VIII ii But have there not been found, too, performing natures, not merely promising?

1963 Times 6 May 9/2 There will be a difference in return of some £7 per head between the progeny of the best and worst performing bulls.

1991 Woodstock (N.Y.) Times 17 Oct. i. 1/1 This latest news follows by two weeks the announcement of a new evaluation system designed to weed out poorly performing workers and reward the best ones.

2. That performs (music, drama, acrobatics, etc.) in front of an audience; esp. designating an animal trained or made to perform tricks. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > trained > to perform

performing1713

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > animal performance > [adjective]

performing1713

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [adjective] > performing

performing1713

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 18 Mar. 2/1 He gives Plates for the best performing Horse..for him that trots best,..for the best Walker.

1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. iii. 14 Signor Jupe was that afternoon to ‘elucidate the diverting accomplishments of his highly trained performing dog Merrylegs’.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 June 4/1 Performing lions, performing dogs, and performing leopards are common enough in the show business.

1922 E. Wallace Flying Fifty-five vii. 45 Your last stable was a stable of performing fleas, for I swear you know nothing about horses.

1965 Listener 16 Dec. 990/2 You learn how to notate your music more precisely, so that a performing musician will know exactly what you mean.

2003 Australian (Nexis) 5 Oct. 32 Maybe Moodie should get a job training performing seals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	performing
释义	performingn. Brit. /pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/, U.S. /pərˈfɔrmɪŋ/ Forms: see perform v. and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 performeing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perform v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < perform v. + -ing suffix¹.With sense 2b compare perform v. 4f, performer n. 2b. I. The act of carrying out. 1. The performance of an action, task, duty, etc. ΚΠ c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 807 Vp on which misericorde folweth pitee in parfournynge of charitable wekes of misericorde. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 282 (MED) Ech man ouȝte sette þe fulfilling and performyng in his owne persoon of þe leest vertu and treuþe of þi lawe of kynde or of feiþ bifore þe welfare of his body. 1457 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 185 (MED) Hit shall be laufull to euery Maistur..when he departeth owte of the towne..to make a debite..yeuyng hym his hole powere and othe in perfourmyng of all the articles above wreten. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 837 Trew Feythe..Performyng of Penaunce. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xxii. 373 The performing of my office amongest you, I must confesse, hath ben much vnlike. 1614 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 3 116 To take panes as supravisors to see the performinge of all things accordinge to this my will and testament. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b6 Men of parts endeavour the performing of their task. 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 387 Among the Machines which Art has invented for the performing of it, the Ambe of Hippocrates is one of the most antient and most famous. 1773 H. Mackenzie Man of World I. iv. 46 With Annesly, the getting of a lesson or performing of an exercise was a privilege. 1850 Sci. Amer. 13 Apr. 237/3 The performing of charity and the reading of good authors, will impart a cheerfulness of mind. 1878 Appletons' Jrnl. Jan.–Feb. 151/2 His cleaning of his own boots, and performing of other little ordinary offices for himself. 1955 Times 12 Dec. 12/5 The actual performing of the deed must have the bloodlessness of a Thurber drawing. 1992 Spoken Eng. 25 46 The way sentences are put to communicate use in the performing of social actions. 2. a. The action of carrying out a ceremony or religious rite, or of presenting a piece of music, play, etc., in front of an audience; the giving of a performance. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 21 Quin. A louer that kils himselfe, most gallant, for loue. Bott. That will aske some teares in the true performing of it. 1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke Pref. sig. a3 Such are the Times, Numbers, and Measures..as being duely Composed,..require the Singers skill to vtter them, as if he were then abroad at the Performing of them. 1784 in C. B. Hogan London Stage 1660–1800 (1968) v. 760 Il Curioso Indiscreto... This Night, the last of performing before the Holidays, will not be counted a Subscription Night. 1834 New Eng. Mag. Feb. 161 The performing of the ceremony is merely a legal function, and in no respect a religious one. 1887 Catholic World June 352 One of Elizabeth's first decrees..forbade the performing of any play wherein ‘either matters of religion or of the government of the Commonwealth shall be handled or treated’. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xvii. 308 I'd rather be at Wragby, where I can go about and be still, and not..do any performing of any sort. This tourist performance of enjoying oneself is too hopelessly humiliating. 1992 Men's Health Nov. 88/3 But I also train with weights every other day... I have to be in a ‘high-maintenance’ mode or the performing would wear me down. b. slang (chiefly Nautical). Insubordination; disruption, troublemaking. Cf. performer n. 2b. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > lack of submission to rightful authority dissubjection1672 independence1783 insubordination1790 performing1947 1947 Seafarers Log 12 Sept. 8/4 Chances are there will be no performing or gas-hounding this trip, as the crew appears to me to be one of the finest assembled in this Port in a long time. †II. Completion. 3. a. The construction or completion of a thing, as a building, tomb, etc. Also occasionally: the composition of a book. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction building1297 performinga1425 facturec1425 constructionc1440 construingc1440 making-upa1525 compoundingc1529 composition1555 frame1558 compacting1561 composing1574 architecture1590 composure1609 fabric1611 compiling1624 compagination1646 confection1652 composal1700 constitutinga1713 constructure1712 constructing1788 confecting1863 a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Christ Church Oxf.) (1973) 2 Macc. ii. 9 He offride sacrifise of halewing & of parfoormyng [L. consummationis] of þe temple. 1478 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 380 Chargyng yow þat it be not solde to non othere vse þan to þe performyng of yowyr fadyrs tovmbe. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. i. 168 To thy helpe in the perfourmynge of this present boke. b. The making or completion of a garment; esp. the finishing off of a garment by the addition of ornament; trimming, decoration. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > trimming or decking out performinga1427 trimmingc1525 tricking1549 finifying1674 top-dressing1846 a1427 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 631 Et in denariis solutis pro x peciis de foynes stripes pro perfourming' unius toge de scarlett pro domino meo Edmondo. 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 491 (MED) Item, paid hym fore performynge of the valaunce, iij s., iiij d. 1503 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 89 For half a furre of shankes for the perfourmyng of the same gown vjs. 1518 MS Harl. 2284 f. 14^v Mantelles of lyberdes wombes for performyng of a gowne of russet velute. 4. A state of completion; an end. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] workingOE executionc1374 performinga1425 expedition1445 executing1480 administration1483 performancec1487 performation1504 handiworka1513 performent1527 dispatchment1529 depeaching1540 exploit1548 depeach?a1562 dispatchinga1564 dispatch1581 acting1598 outbearing1605 peraction1623 expediting1643 implement1754 solutiona1859 out-carrying1869 actuation1875 the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] enda1300 chevisancec1330 applyinga1382 perfectiona1382 pointc1385 finishmentc1400 accomplishingc1405 complement1419 consummationa1425 effecta1425 performinga1425 accomplishment1425 fining?1448 complishing1449 complishment1454 achevisauncec1475 achievement1477 perfectinga1513 cheving?1518 furniture1529 achievance1531 exploiture1531 exploiting1538 perimplishment1554 consummating1555 finishing?1563 chevance1570 coronation1582 crowning1586 adimpletion1624 fulfilment1624 complusmenta1628 completure1642 completement1652 transaction1655 patration1656 perfunction1656 completion1657 completing1727 ultimation1791 finality1833 perfectuation1859 fruition1885 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Dan. ix. 27 The desolacioun schal contynue til to the parformyng and ende [c1384 E.V. eendynge and eende; L. consummationem et finem]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 383 Parformynge, complecio, perfectio. Compounds performing artist n. an artist whose work involves public performance; cf. performing arts n. ΚΠ 1867 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 23 Apr. 2 The performing artists, who in reality are the creators of the sublime treat you enjoy. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 29 699 The performing artist does not create, but only brings before the public an already existing work of art in an artistic performance. 2001 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 14 Aug. 1 At the south Metra commuter lot, residents can watch main-stage entertainment from local performing artists. performing arts n. those arts (as drama, dance, music, etc.) which involve public performance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] performing arts1711 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks I. iii. 240 There must be an Art of Hearing found, e'er the performing Arts can have their due Effect, or any thing exquisite in the kind be felt or comprehended. 1946 N.Y. Times 7 June 21/5 The High School of the Performing Arts will differ from other vocational or academic schools in several important details. 1999 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 58 514 Gidayū, which, unlike more iemoto-centered performing arts, emphasizes merit over heredity as the criterion of transmission. performing pitch n. Music the standard pitch at which an ensemble performs. ΚΠ 1897 Daily News 2 July 6/5 The London Philharmonic pitch is now A = 439 for 20 deg. Centigrade,..practically agreeing with the performing pitch of Vienna and also of Paris. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 20 July 29 Monteverdi's performing pitch may have been a tone, or even a minor third, higher than ours. performing rights n. the legal rights of performing a play, piece of music, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > performing or publishing rights rights1822 performing rights1882 1882 Times 9 May 4/6 The printing and performing rights are very often vested in separate proprietors. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. iii. 534 Performing rights, sheet music, gramophone records... There's bags of money in it. 2003 Los Angeles Times 22 Nov. iii. 1 Saban is credited with writing or co-writing more than 3,700 themes, song cues and other compositions, according to performing rights agency BMI. performing score n. Music a score from which a musician performs or conductor directs a piece; a score annotated for performance. ΚΠ 1951 Renaissance News 4 62 She is also preparing a modern performing score of Landi's opera ‘San Alessio’. 1991 Christie's Internat. Mag. Winter 74 (caption) Elijah, manuscript full score of the oratorio in the hand of the composer's copyist Eduard Henschke, annotated throughout by Mendelssohn and used as a performing score by the organist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). performingadj. Brit. /pəˈfɔːmɪŋ/, U.S. /pərˈfɔrmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perform v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < perform v. + -ing suffix². 1. That performs an action, task, or undertaking; acting, doing. Also: †active, capable (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] workinga1568 acting1595 performing1595 applicative1607 operative1816 the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > that executes or performs fulfilling1340 performing1595 1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint (new ed.) sig. K2 My choyse was guided by fore-sightfull heede, It was auerred with approuing will, It shalbe followed with performing deede. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? sig. D3 One [sc. a boy] of such Agility, as he bore away the prize in every mastery: of a winning complexion, and performing constitution. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Wits Cabal i. ii. xvi, in Playes Written 264 The truth is, men have more promising Tongues, than performing deeds. 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 142 Sing the sweet Promise of his Grace, And the performing God. a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1763) I. 109 The dull workman's slow performing hand But coldly executes his lord's command. 1846 R. Browning Soul's Trag. in Bells & Pomegranates No. VIII ii But have there not been found, too, performing natures, not merely promising? 1963 Times 6 May 9/2 There will be a difference in return of some £7 per head between the progeny of the best and worst performing bulls. 1991 Woodstock (N.Y.) Times 17 Oct. i. 1/1 This latest news follows by two weeks the announcement of a new evaluation system designed to weed out poorly performing workers and reward the best ones. 2. That performs (music, drama, acrobatics, etc.) in front of an audience; esp. designating an animal trained or made to perform tricks. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > trained > to perform performing1713 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > animal performance > [adjective] performing1713 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Siphonaptera or fleas > [adjective] > performing performing1713 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 18 Mar. 2/1 He gives Plates for the best performing Horse..for him that trots best,..for the best Walker. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. iii. 14 Signor Jupe was that afternoon to ‘elucidate the diverting accomplishments of his highly trained performing dog Merrylegs’. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 June 4/1 Performing lions, performing dogs, and performing leopards are common enough in the show business. 1922 E. Wallace Flying Fifty-five vii. 45 Your last stable was a stable of performing fleas, for I swear you know nothing about horses. 1965 Listener 16 Dec. 990/2 You learn how to notate your music more precisely, so that a performing musician will know exactly what you mean. 2003 Australian (Nexis) 5 Oct. 32 Maybe Moodie should get a job training performing seals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390adj.1595
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