performance

/pərˈfɔr·məns/ noun

Definition

B1 acting, singing, dancing, or playing music for other people to enjoy: a performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

› [no plural] how successful someone or something is: The company’s performance was poor for the first two years.

(Definition of performance noun from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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