presentation has definitions from the fields of horse racing,obstetrics
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[ noun ] the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)

Examples

"she gave the trophy but he made the presentation"

Used in print

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

We shall consider these in the inverse order of their presentation .

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

Examples

"he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"

Used in print

(John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)

By `` image '' is meant not_only a visual presentation , but also remembered sensations of any of the five senses plus the feelings which are immediately conjoined therewith .

As in experience one is seized by given entities and their interrelations and is forced to respond in value feelings to them , so one is similarly seized in the mimetic presentation of images .

The mimetic character of the imaginative consciousness tends to express itself in the presentation of artistic forms and materials .

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[ noun ] (horse racing) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

Examples

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

Used in print

(Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)

For_example : a sales presentation can be analyzed and evaluated through roleplaying .

In the testing_room he was to make , successively , three presentations to three different people .

The antagonists came_in , one_at_a_time , and did not see or hear the other presentations .

After each presentation , the antagonist wrote his judgment of the salesmen ; and so did the observers consisting_of the president , three of his salesmen and a psychologist .

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[ noun ] the act of presenting a proposal

Used in print

(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)

I was at_least conscious of the distinction in my full Yokuts presentation that awaits publication , in which , in listing ' Two_Stem_Meanings ' , I set_off by asterisks those forms in which n of stem B was * * f of stem A_3 , the unasterisked ones standing_for * * f ; or under ' Four_Stems ' , I set_off by asterisks cases where the combined n of stems * * f was * * f .

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[ noun ] a visual representation of something

Synonyms

display

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Previous presentations have been on French , Spanish , Russian , Italian , German and Japanese .

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

Examples

"Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations"

Related terms

position obstetrics

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[ noun ] formally making a person known to another or to the public

Synonyms

introduction intro

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