Presentation
[prez(ə)n'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,prizɛn'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; 'the presentation of new data'; 'he gave the customer a demonstration'.
(noun.) the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward); 'she gave the trophy but he made the presentation'.
(noun.) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; 'Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations'.
(noun.) the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it; 'he prepared his presentation carefully in advance'.
(noun.) the act of presenting a proposal.
(noun.) formally making a person known to another or to the public.
Typed by Irwin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
(n.) exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.
(n.) That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation.
(n.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Introduction.[2]. Exhibition, representation, setting forth.[3]. Bestowal, donation, giving.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Introduction, exhibition, offer, delivery, gift, donation, bestowal, grant,endowment
ANT:Withdrawal, removal, concealment, suppression, retention, withholding, refusal,nonpresentation
Edited by Emily
Examples
- The formation of mind is wholly a matter of the presentation of the proper educational materials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Not merely for its general ideas and their artistic presentation but for its models of law it went to the records of alien peoples. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He could tell her nothing new of the wonders of his presentation and knighthood; and his civilities were worn out, like his information. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- A few days after the famous presentation, another great and exceeding honour was vouchsafed to the virtuous Becky. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Edward is only to hold the living till the person to whom the Colonel has really sold the presentation, is old enough to take it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He is dying now, of want of presentation to Twemlow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The presentation of my own character is masterly in the extreme. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They stood the extreme tests of ridiculous and horrible presentation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the ceremony of presentation, an oration, or discours, was to follow from one of the professors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Rawdon's dress was pronounced to be charmante on the eventful day of her presentation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By nature inoffensive, friendly, and obliging, his presentation at St. James's had made him courteous. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Yes--the late Mr. Darcy bequeathed me the next presentation of the best living in his gift. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- According to Froebel, the actuating force is the presentation of symbols, largely mathematical, corresponding to the essential traits of the Absolute. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the finest sport of all after her presentation was to hear her talk virtuously. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr Lammle, all a-glitter, produces his friend Fledgeby, as dying for the honour of presentation to Lady Tippins. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On the occasion when I was present one of the bulls was not turned aside by the attacks in the rear, the presentations of the red flag, etc. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this case, the earlier presentations constitute the material to which the later are to be assimilated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The effect of new presentations is to reinforce groupings previously formed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The concrete character of mind consists, then, wholly of the various arrangements formed by the various presentations in their different qualities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These qualitatively different reactions are called presentations (Vorstellungen). John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Pleasure is the result of reinforcement among the independent activities of presentations; pain of their pulling different ways, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is possible to induce undue and crippling dependence upon sense-presentations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The defect of the Herbartian theory of formation through presentations consists in slighting this constant interaction and change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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