give a performance (of something), To do something; to execute, To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it, transitive To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do, To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to, To represent; to act; to play; as in drama, intransitive To function or accomplish something as expected or required, To enact (a feat or role) before an audience, To begin and carry through to completion; do