an act of performing; a bad-tempered act etc
accomplishment
Cases of word usage
1) a test given to a musician, singer or actor wishing to take part in a performance (audition)
2) (an example of) a dramatic performance by dancers to music (ballet)
3) Repeat! Again!; a repetition of a performance (encore)
4) (an act of) punishment by being killed; the carrying out or performance of a piece of work etc (execution)
5) the last part of a public performance (finale)
6) an afternoon performance at a cinema or theatre (matinee)
7) the first performance of a play or (film premiere) first public showing of a cinema film (premiere)
8) a detailed account of a number of connected events etc; a musical performance by a solist or small group, or of the works of one composer (recital)
9) the act of reciting; (an instance of) a public performance of prose learnt by heart (recitation)
10) to practise (a play, music, a speech etc) before a public performance (rehearse)