presentation
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word presentation. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word presentation, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say presentation in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word presentation you have here. The definition of the word presentation will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpresentation, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: présentation
English
Alternative forms
- præsentation (archaic)
Etymology
From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”). Morphologically present + -ation
Pronunciation
- (US, UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/, /ˌpɹizənˈteɪʃən/
Audio (GA) (file) - (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations)
- The act of presenting, or something presented.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London: Will Stansby , published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
- A dramatic performance.
- An award given to someone on a special occasion.
- Money given as a wedding gift.
- A lecture or speech given in front of an audience.
- (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.
- The presentation of the thirty-four-year-old male in the emergency room was slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation.
- (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.
- (mainly LGBT) Gender presentation; gender expression.
- (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.
- (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
- The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.
- (immunology) The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of presenting
|
something presented to an audience
|
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
presentation oblique singular, f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations)
- presentation (act of presenting something or someone)
- presentation (demonstration)
Descendants
- → English: presentation
- French: présentation
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
- presentation
- Gick presentationen av produkten bra?
- Did the product presentation go well?
- introduction
- Hon behöver ingen närmare presentation
- She needs no further introduction
Declension
| Declension of presentation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | presentation | presentationen | presentationer | presentationerna |
| Genitive | presentations | presentationens | presentationers | presentationernas |