presentation

noun

pre·sen·ta·tion ˌprē-ˌzen-ˈtā-shən

ˌpre-zᵊn-,

ˌprē-zᵊn-

Synonyms of presentation next

: the act of presenting

: the act, power, or privilege especially of a patron of applying to the bishop or ordinary for instituting someone into a benefice

: something presented: such as

: a symbol or image that represents something

: something offered or given : gift

: something set forth for the attention of the mind

: a descriptive or persuasive account (as by a salesman of a product)

: a symptom or group of symptoms observed or detected upon initial examination or disclosed by a patient to the physician

clinical presentation of appendicitis

: the position in which the fetus lies in the uterus in labor with respect to the opening of the uterus

: an immediate object of perception, cognition, or memory

often capitalized : a church feast on November 21 celebrating the presentation of the Virgin Mary in the temple

: the method by which radio, navigation, or radar information is given to the operator (such as the pilot of an airplane)

presentational

ˌprē-ˌzen-ˈtā-shnəl

-shə-nᵊl

ˌpre-zᵊn-

ˌprē-zᵊn-

adjective

Examples of presentation in a Sentence

The charts and graphs helped me understand the presentation. She will take your questions after she has made her presentation. The senior accountant gave a presentation at the meeting. The presentation of the food made it look very appetizing. The choir sang during the presentation of the gifts.

Recent Examples on the Web To be held at high-end venues, some with en-suite screening rooms, the industry side will be built around presentations of footage and trailers from the upcoming slates of some 30 European and Asian film sales companies. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023 Twice per year since the Paris museum opened in March 2022, La Galerie Dior restages its captivating presentation of archive creations, art, objects, and documents, which span Monsieur Dior’s upbringing to collections that bowed mere months ago. —

Amy Verner, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2023 Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked Blackwing Intelligence to evaluate the security of fingerprint sensors, and the researchers provided their findings in a presentation at Microsoft’s BlueHat conference in October. —

Tom Warren, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2023 The annual Christmas tree presentation has been ongoing for 58 years. —

People Staff, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023 During a presentation in a cavernous soundstage in Burbank earlier that year to unveil its streaming strategy, investors gasped when Disney announced the core service would be offered for just $6.99 a month. —

Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023 Serve them on a tray of rock salt for a simple and impressive presentation. —

Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023 That question filled the cavernous Tampa Convention Center with researchers from all over the world last week, with room after room of more than 500 scholarly presentations at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. —

Clara Germani, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2023 The ordinary is given rhythm, an emotionally specific presentation of feckless behavior, as if justifying it. —

Armond White, National Review, 15 Nov. 2023 See More

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