presentation

See also: présentation

English

Alternative forms

• præsentation (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French presentation (French présentation), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”).

Pronunciation

• (US, UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/, /ˌpɹizənˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (GA)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

presentation (countable and uncountable, 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. Money given as a wedding gift.
5. A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
6. (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."
7. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
8. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
9. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
10. 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.

11. (immunology) The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response

Derived terms

Derived terms

• presentation box
• presentation logic

• presentation software
• self-presentation

Related terms

• presentational
• presentationally

Translations

act of presenting

• Japanese: 贈呈 (ja) (ぞうてい, zōtei)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overrekkelse m

presenting to an audience

• Arabic: إِهْدَاء m (ʔihdāʔ), مَنْح m (manḥ)
• Armenian: ներկայացում (hy) (nerkayacʻum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯示／显示 (zh) (xiǎnshì), 显示 (zh) (xiǎnshì), 介紹／介绍 (zh) (jièshào), 介绍 (zh) (jièshào), 簡報／简报 (zh) (jiǎnbào), 简报 (zh) (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, conférence (fr) f
• German: Vortrag (de) m, Präsentation (de) f, Vorstellung (de) f
• Hungarian: bemutató (hu)
• Icelandic: afhending
• Irish: láithreoireacht f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: presentazione (it) f
• Japanese: プレゼンテーション (purezentēshon), プレゼン (ja) (purezen)
• Maori: whakawhiwhinga
• Polish: prezentacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: apresentação (pt) f
• Romanian: prezentare (ro) f
• Russian: презента́ция (ru) f (prezentácija), представле́ние (ru) n (predstavlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Spanish: presentación (es) f, ponencia f
• Swedish: föredrag (sv) n, presentation (sv) c
• Turkish: sunum (tr), takdim (tr)
• Ukrainian: презентація f (prezentacija)

Anagrams

• penetrations

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Old French

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• → English: presentation
• French: présentation

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Swedish

Etymology

From French présentation, from présenter + -ation, equivalent to presentera +‎ -ation. Cognate with English presentation, German Präsentation, Norwegian Bokmål presentasjon, Norwegian Nynorsk presentasjon and Danish præsentation.

Noun

presentation c

1. a presentation

Declension

Declension of presentation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	presentation	presentationen	presentationer	presentationerna
Genitive	presentations	presentationens	presentationers	presentationernas

Related terms

• presentatör
• presentera

Anagrams

• prestationen