presentation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the activity of formally presenting something like a prize or reward

   I won the trophy and they made the presentation.

2. 2
   noun

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

   Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations

3. 3
   noun

   The act of presenting, or something presented.

   Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.

4. 4
   noun

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

   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?

5. 5
   noun

   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.

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

6. 6
   noun

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

   If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

7. 7
   noun

   a show or display

8. 8
   noun

   a visual representation of something

Etymology

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