presentation

See also présentation

English

Alternative forms

• præsentation (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/
• (US) IPA: /pɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/, /ˈpɹizənteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”).

Noun

Wikipedia presentation (plural presentations)

1. The act of presenting, or something presented
   • Hooker

     Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.

2. A dramatic performance
3. An award given to someone on a special occasion
4. A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
5. (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
6. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
7. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
8. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
9. The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
   • Blackstone

     If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

Translations

presenting to an audience

• Arabic: إهداء (ar) ('ihdaa') m, منح (ar) (manH) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯示 (cmn), 显示 (cmn) (xiǎnshì), 介紹 (cmn), 介绍 (cmn) (jièshào), 簡報 (cmn), 简报 (cmn) (jiǎnbào)

• Czech: prezentace (cs)
• Dutch: presentatie (nl) f, or less accurately voorstelling (nl) f, voordracht (nl)
• Finnish: esitys (fi), esitelmä (fi)
• French: exposé (fr) m, présentation (fr) f
• German: Vortrag (de) m, Präsentation (de) f, Vorstellung (de) f
• Hungarian: bemutató (hu)
• Icelandic: afhending (is)

• Irish: láithreoireacht (ga) f
• Italian: presentazione (it) f
• Japanese: 贈呈 (ja) (ぞうてい, zōtei), プレゼンテーション (ja) (purezentēshon), プレゼン (ja) (purezen)
• Polish: prezentacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: apresentação (pt) f
• Russian: презентация (ru) (prezentácija) f, представление (ru) (predstavlénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh (gd) m
• Spanish: presentación (es) f
• Swedish: föredrag (sv) n, presentation (sv) c
• Turkish: sunum (tr), takdim (tr)

Anagrams

• penetrations

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Old French

Noun

presentation f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations)

1. presentation (act of presenting something or someone)
2. presentation (demonstration)

Descendants

• English: presentation (borrowed)
• French: présentation

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Swedish

Noun

presentation c

1. a presentation

Declension

Declension of presentation

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	presentation	presentationen	presentationer	presentationerna
genitive	presentations	presentationens	presentationers	presentationernas

Related terms

• presentatör
• presentera