actual performance

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandperformance

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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performance
noun
uk
/pəˈfɔː.məns/
us
/pɚˈfɔːr.məns/
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or ...
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(Definition ofactualandperformancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactual performance

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The view is supported by several lines of evidence in which conscious will is dissociated from theactualperformanceof voluntary movements, as in automatism.
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The second parameter gives theactualperformanceof the term, as measured in the experiment.
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In fact, the ideas about theactualperformanceof containers have been confused, and each individual bank has decided, inconsistently, upon the selection.
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We would, therefore, still expect individual differences inactualperformance(despite equal rational-level competence) due to differences at the algorithmic level.
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Symbolism was politically more important than theactualperformanceof political functions.
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Theactualperformanceeffect will depend both on the application and on the network latency and bandwidth characteristics.
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The citizenry therefore discounts its pledges and instead focuses on itsactualperformance.
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However, theactualperformancevaried according to the algorithm used to rank terms for query expansion.
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A more meaningful comparison must be in terms ofactualperformance.
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However, his film work suggests that hisactualperformancetended more towards the subtle and underplayed.
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A few examples of how this may theoretically work inactualperformancecan be given.
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Other domains may choose to add or take out factors and one could even think of addingactualperformancemeasures.
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Evaluation compares theactualperformanceof optimization against the expected performance.
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These notions are of the utmost importance because they bridge the gap between competence andactualperformance.
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Any shortfall between design intentions andactualperformancemust be worth exploring by care providers.
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Competence theories disregard all factors that could cause a disparity between the competence of a speaker and hisactualperformance.
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Another aspect that could be considered is students'actualperformance, namely, how different teachers' practices affect students' learning.
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Butactualperformancemay differ from intentions and point to frailties, technical or political, with either system.
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An individual'sactualperformancewould appear as a point on one of the functions.
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