Lead and Performance

Lead

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Performance and lead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performance" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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Lead and performance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Performance".

good	good lead	good performance
high	high lead	high performance
solid	solid lead	solid performance
original	original lead	original performance
Other adjectives: single, strong, powerful, actual, entire, vocal, large, big, great, early, dramatic, solo.

He is also remembered for an impressive performance (for an athlete) as lead character Jesus Shuttlesworth in the Spike Lee movie He Got Game.

Source: Useful Notes / National Basketball Association
The shy Theodore is tapped to play the lead in hopes that it'll improve his self-confidence, but his performance really starts improving after he is infected with lycanthropy.

Source: School Play
A childrens' book about a boy getting the lead role in the school performance of Robin Hood brings this up.

Source: Performance Anxiety

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