Noun: performance
| Singular | performance |
| Plural | performances |
Sample Sentences
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the performance of an undertaking or a duty
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Though the result wasn't what we were hoping for, I have to commend the performance of the team, never giving up until the end.
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Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour. [1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:]
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The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s. [1960 February 26, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:]
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The band played a mix of old and new songs during their 90-minute performance.
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We saw the whole ballet performance from the front row.
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Better performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using fewer resources.
Nouns inflected like performance
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)