# presentation
## English
### Alternative forms

* præsentation (archaic)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US, UK, Canada) IPA: /ˌpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/, /ˌpɹizənˈteɪʃən/
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* (Hong Kong) IPA: /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations)
* The act of presenting, or something presented.
** 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.
* A slideshow created on a computer.
* (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.
* The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
** 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

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

#### Related terms

* presentational
* presentationally

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* penetrations

## Old French
### Noun

presentation oblique singular, f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations)
* presentation (act of presenting something or someone)
* presentation (demonstration)

#### Descendants

* → English: presentation
* French: présentation

## Swedish
### Etymology

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.

### Noun

presentation c
* presentation
    Gick presentationen av produkten bra?Did the product presentation go well?
** introduction
    Hon behöver ingen närmare presentationShe needs no further ["closer" - idiomatic] introduction

#### Related terms

* presentatör
* presentera

### References

* presentation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* presentation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* prestationen