Standard Lemma guide

PowerPoint

name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: P AW1 ER0 P OY2 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A software package from Microsoft used to make slideshow presentations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: trademark

Examples

  • Proficiency in PowerPoint continues to be required for almost every office job.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PPT

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An electronic slide presentation created using the program Microsoft PowerPoint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: trademark

Examples

  • PowerPoint presentation
  • Sitting through his PowerPoints is a dull, but necessary, requisite for the job.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PPT

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any electronic slide presentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • She's asked James to prepare a PowerPoint for tomorrow's lesson.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An electronic slide presentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To communicate using electronic slides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To present (a topic) by means of electronic slides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To communicate to (an audience) by electronic slides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From PowerPoint, trademarked brand of presentation software.