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presentation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Presentation \Pres`en*ta"tion\, n. [L. praesentatio a showing, representation: cf F. pr['e]sentation.] 1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal. Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. --Hooker. 2. Hence exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show Under the presentation of the shoots his wit. --Shak. 3. That which is presented or given a present; a gift, as the picture was a presentation. [R.] 4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman. If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him --Blackstone. 5. (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as a breech presentation. {Presentation copy}, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: presentation n 1: the activity of presenting something 2: the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it "he prepared his presentation carefully in advance" 3: the act of presenting something "he gave the customer a demonstration" [syn: {presentment}, {demonstration}] 4: the act of presenting a proposal 5: a visual representation of something [syn: {display}] 6: formally making a person known to another or to the public [syn: {introduction}, {intro}]
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