presentation origin word

presentation

1.1 Alternative forms
1.2 Etymology
1.3 Pronunciation
1.4.1 Derived terms
1.4.2 Related terms
1.4.3 Translations
1.5 Anagrams
2.1.1 Descendants
3.1 Etymology
3.2.1 Declension
3.2.2 Related terms
3.3 References
3.4 Anagrams

Alternative forms

præsentation ( archaic )

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 ( ):

( )

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

presentation ( countable and uncountable , plural presentations )

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 .
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

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

Related terms

presentational
presentationally

Translations

(predstavjane) , , , ( ) (ぞうてい, zōtei)

(ʔihdāʔ), (manḥ) (nerkayacʻum) (predstavlenie) ／ (xiǎnshì), ／ (jièshào), ／ (jiǎnbào) , or less accurately , , , , , , , , (purezentēshon), (purezen) (tūsaukeser) (betacar) (prezentácija), (predstavlénije) , , , (prezentácija)

penetrations

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

presentation ( act of presenting something or someone )
presentation ( demonstration )

Descendants

French: présentation

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 .

presentation c

introduction Hon behöver ingen närmare presentation She needs no further ["closer" - idiomatic] introduction

Declension of
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative
Genitive

presentatör
presentation in Svensk ordbok ( SO )
presentation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok ( SAOB )
prestationen

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en:Mathematics
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