presentation
See also: présentation
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- præsentation (archaic)
Etymology edit
From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”). Morphologically present + -ation
Pronunciation edit
- (US, UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/, /ˌpɹizənˈteɪʃən/
Audio (GA) (file) - (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
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[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], 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 edit
Derived terms
Related terms edit
Translations edit
act of presenting
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something presented to an audience
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Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Noun edit
presentation oblique singular, f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations)
- presentation (act of presenting something or someone)
- presentation (demonstration)
Descendants edit
- → English: presentation
- French: présentation
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
presentation c
- presentation
- Gick presentationen av produkten bra?
- Did the product presentation go well?
- introduction
- Hon behöver ingen närmare presentation
- She needs no further ["closer" - idiomatic] introduction
Declension edit
| Declension of presentation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | presentation | presentationen | presentationer | presentationerna |
| Genitive | presentations | presentationens | presentationers | presentationernas |