presentation

1a :  the act of presentingb :  the act, power, or privilege especially of a patron of applying to the bishop or ordinary for instituting someone into a benefice

2 :  something presented: such asa :  a symbol or image that represents somethingb :  something offered or given :  giftc :  something set forth for the attention of the mindd :  a descriptive or persuasive account (as by a salesman of a product)e :  a symptom or group of symptoms observed or detected upon initial examination or disclosed by a patient to the physician clinical presentation of appendicitis

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

4 :  an immediate object of perception, cognition, or memory

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

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