presentation

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 (General American):

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• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations)

1. 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.

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.

   The presentation of the thirty-four-year-old male in the emergency room was slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation.

7. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.
8. (mainly LGBT) Gender presentation; gender expression.
9. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.
10. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
11. 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.

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• presentation box
• case presentation
• presentation copy
• presentation logic
• presentation software
• self-presentation

Related terms

• presentational
• presentationally

Translations

act of presenting

• Bulgarian: представяне (bg) n (predstavjane)
• Catalan: presentació (ca) f
• Esperanto: prezentado
• German: Darstellung (de) f, Ausdruck (de) m, Präsentierung f, Darreichung (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (insahts)
• Hungarian: bemutatás (hu)
• Japanese: 贈呈 (ja) (ぞうてい, zōtei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overrekkelse m

• Turkish: sunma (tr)

something presented to an audience

• Arabic: إِهْدَاء m (ʔihdāʔ), مَنْح m (manḥ)
• Armenian: ներկայացում (hy) (nerkayacʻum)
• Bulgarian: представление (bg) n (predstavlenie)
• Catalan: presentació (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: prezentace (cs)
• Dutch: presentatie (nl) f, or less accurately voorstelling (nl) f, voordracht (nl)
• Esperanto: prezento
• 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, Referat (de) n
• Hungarian: bemutató (hu), prezentáció (hu)
• Icelandic: afhending
• Irish: láithreoireacht f
• Italian: presentazione (it) f
• Japanese: プレゼンテーション (purezentēshon), プレゼン (ja) (purezen)
• Kazakh: тұсаукесер (kk) (tūsaukeser)
• Kyrgyz: бетачар (betacar)
• Maori: whakawhiwhinga
• Plautdietsch: Väadrach m
• 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: презента́ція f (prezentácija)

Anagrams

• penetrations

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

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. presentation

   Gick presentationen av produkten bra?

   Did the product presentation go well?

   1. introduction

      Hon behöver ingen närmare presentation

      She needs no further ["closer" - idiomatic] introduction

Declension

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

Related terms

• presentatör
• presentera

References

• presentation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• presentation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• prestationen