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presentation (iou)



presentation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French presentation from late Latin praesentatio(n-), from Latin praesentat- pa. ppl stem of praesentare: see PRESENT verb, -ATION.]
I. The action of presenting or introducing.
The action or an act of presenting a person. LME.
Book of Common Prayer The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called, the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. M. Howitt I was promised an early presentation to Her Majesty.
a. The action of presenting a thing for acceptance. LME.
b. A thing offered for acceptance; a present, a gift, a donation. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
II.
a. An image, a likeness; a symbol. rare. L15.
b. The action of presenting something to sight or view; theatrical, pictorial, or symbolic representation; a display, an exhibition. Also, a show or demonstration of materials, information, etc.; a lecture. E17.
Marketing Week The airline is..looking at presentations from three London agencies. L. Gordon She directed..Comus..to mark the three-hundredth anniversary of its presentation at Ludlow Castle.
c. The action of supervising the broadcast of a radio or television programme. M20.
The action of presenting something to the mind or mental perception; a description, a statement. L16.
H. Kissinger In an extraordinarily effective presentation Rogers argued that the risks were excessive.
b. The style or manner in which something is presented, described, or explained. M20.
Daily Telegraph These are small points, matters of presentation.
Medicine. The directing of a particular part of the foetus towards the cervix during labour; the position and orientation of the foetus in relation to the cervix. M18.
Metaphysics & Psychology. [translation of German Vorstellung.] All the modification of consciousness required to know or be aware of an object in a single moment of thought; spec. perceptual cognition as opp. to ideational cognition. Now rare. M19.
Comb.: presentation copy a copy of a book etc. presented as a gift, esp. for promotional reasons.