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presentation

noun · 21 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, UK, US: /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
  • Canada, UK, US: /ˌpɹizn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
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  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Hong-Kong: /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: P R EH2 Z AH0 N T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of presenting, or something presented.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The outward appearance or representation of a person or thing to the human mind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Listen, James...with the ways that you speak, dress, and comport yourself, is it any wonder to you that your presentation to young ladies as a possible mate is , to say the least, lacking?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A dramatic performance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An award given to someone on a special occasion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Money given as a wedding gift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A lecture or speech given in front of an audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A slideshow created on a computer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The symptoms, signs, 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Gender presentation; gender expression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, mainly, uncountable

Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The specification of a group by generators and relators.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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14

noun

Meaning 14

The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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15

noun

Meaning 15

a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the presentation of new data
  • he gave the customer a demonstration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: presentment, demonstration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: show

Narrower terms: exhibition, exposure, performance, lecture demonstration, counterdemonstration

16

noun

Meaning 16

the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she gave the trophy but he made the presentation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ceremony

17

noun

Meaning 17

a visual representation of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: display

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: representation

Narrower terms: float, Snellen chart, spectacle

18

noun

Meaning 18

(obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, posture, attitude

19

noun

Meaning 19

the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he prepared his presentation carefully in advance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: display

Narrower terms: unveiling, production

20

noun

Meaning 20

the act of presenting a proposal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proposal, proposition

Narrower terms: first reading, second reading

21

noun

Meaning 21

formally making a person known to another or to the public

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: introduction, intro

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: informing, making known

Narrower terms: debut, reintroduction

History

Etymology

From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”). Morphologically present + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِرَاءَة (ʔirāʔa) — act of presenting
  • Azerbaijani: təqdim — act of presenting
  • Azerbaijani: təqdimat — act of presenting
  • Bulgarian: предста́вяне (predstávjane) — act of presenting
  • Catalan: presentació — act of presenting
  • Esperanto: prezentado — act of presenting
  • Estonian: esitlemine — act of presenting
  • German: Darstellung — act of presenting
  • German: Ausdruck — act of presenting
  • German: Präsentierung — act of presenting
  • German: Darreichung — act of presenting
  • German: Präsentation — act of presenting
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (insahts) — act of presenting
  • Greek: παρουσίαση (parousíasi) — act of presenting
  • Hungarian: bemutatás — act of presenting
  • Japanese: 贈呈 (zōtei) — act of presenting
  • Korean: 증정 (jeungjeong) — act of presenting
  • Latvian: prezentācija — act of presenting
  • Lithuanian: pristatymas — act of presenting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overrekkelse — act of presenting
  • Iranian Persian: اِرائِه (erâ'e) — act of presenting
  • Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — act of presenting
  • Russian: презента́ция (prezentácija) — act of presenting
  • Serbo-Croatian: predstavljanje — act of presenting
  • Serbo-Croatian: prezentacija — act of presenting
  • Spanish: presentación — act of presenting
  • Spanish: exposición — act of presenting
  • Tajik: тақдим (taqdim) — act of presenting
  • Turkish: sunma — act of presenting
  • Turkish: takdim — act of presenting
  • Uzbek: taqdimot — act of presenting
  • Arabic: إِهْدَاء (ʔihdāʔ) — something presented to an audience
  • Arabic: مَنْح (manḥ) — something presented to an audience
  • Arabic: عَرْض (ʕarḍ) — something presented to an audience
  • Armenian: ներկայացում (nerkayacʻum) — something presented to an audience
  • Azerbaijani: prezentasiya — something presented to an audience
  • Azerbaijani: təqdim — something presented to an audience
  • Belarusian: прэзента́цыя (prezjentácyja) — something presented to an audience
  • Belarusian: прэзэнта́цыя (prezentácyja) — something presented to an audience
  • Belarusian: прадстаўле́нне (pradstawljénnje) — something presented to an audience
  • Belarusian: прадстаўле́ньне (pradstawljénʹnje) — something presented to an audience
  • Bulgarian: представле́ние (predstavlénie) — something presented to an audience
  • Catalan: presentació — something presented to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯示 /显示 (xiǎnshì) — something presented to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 介紹 /介绍 (jièshào) — something presented to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簡報 /简报 (jiǎnbào) — something presented to an audience
  • Czech: prezentace — something presented to an audience
  • Dutch: presentatie — something presented to an audience
  • Dutch: or less accurately voorstelling — something presented to an audience
  • Dutch: voordracht — something presented to an audience
  • Esperanto: prezento — something presented to an audience
  • Estonian: esitlus — something presented to an audience
  • Finnish: esitys — something presented to an audience
  • Finnish: esitelmä — something presented to an audience
  • French: exposé — something presented to an audience
  • French: présentation — something presented to an audience
  • French: conférence — something presented to an audience
  • Georgian: პრეზენტაცია (ṗrezenṭacia) — something presented to an audience
  • German: Vortrag — something presented to an audience
  • German: Präsentation — something presented to an audience
  • German: Vorstellung — something presented to an audience
  • German: Referat — something presented to an audience
  • Greek: παρουσίαση (parousíasi) — something presented to an audience
  • Hebrew: מַצֶּגֶת (matséget) — something presented to an audience
  • Hungarian: bemutató — something presented to an audience
  • Hungarian: prezentáció — something presented to an audience
  • Icelandic: afhending — something presented to an audience
  • Irish: láithreoireacht — something presented to an audience
  • Italian: presentazione — something presented to an audience
  • Japanese: プレゼンテーション (purezentēshon) — something presented to an audience
  • Japanese: プレゼン (purezen) — something presented to an audience
  • Kazakh: тұсаукесер (tūsaukeser) — something presented to an audience
  • Korean: 프레젠테이션 (peurejenteisyeon) — something presented to an audience
  • Kyrgyz: бетачар (betacar) — something presented to an audience
  • Latvian: prezentācija — something presented to an audience
  • Lithuanian: pristatymas — something presented to an audience
  • Macedonian: презентација (prezentacija) — something presented to an audience
  • Māori: whakawhiwhinga — something presented to an audience
  • Plautdietsch: Väadrach — something presented to an audience
  • Polish: prezentacja — something presented to an audience
  • Portuguese: apresentação — something presented to an audience
  • Romanian: prezentare — something presented to an audience
  • Russian: презента́ция (prezentácija) — something presented to an audience
  • Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — something presented to an audience
  • Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — something presented to an audience
  • Serbo-Croatian: prezentacija — something presented to an audience
  • Slovak: prezentácia — something presented to an audience
  • Slovene: prezentacija — something presented to an audience
  • Slovene: predstavitev — something presented to an audience
  • Spanish: presentación — something presented to an audience
  • Spanish: ponencia — something presented to an audience
  • Swedish: föredrag — something presented to an audience
  • Swedish: presentation — something presented to an audience
  • Turkish: sunum — something presented to an audience
  • Turkish: takdim — something presented to an audience
  • Ukrainian: презента́ція (prezentácija) — something presented to an audience
  • Ukrainian: предста́влення (predstávlennja) — something presented to an audience
  • Vietnamese: thuyết trình — something presented to an audience
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