presentation English · revision 6080

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1278|origins=la praesēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌprez.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/, US /ˌprez.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌpriː.zənˈteɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English presentacioun, [[bor|fro|presentacion]] and directly [[bor|la-lat|praesentātiō|t=a placing before, an exhibition]] (accusative praesentationem),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) a noun of action from [[m|la|praesentāre|t=to place before, show, exhibit]] (see [[present#2]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from the stem of [[m|la|praesēns|t=present]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In church use, the action or right of presenting a clergyman to a bishop as candidate for a benefice: 1278 in the OED,^(OED 1989) probably 1383 in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline has the act of presenting, the ceremonious giving of a gift or prize, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The formal presenting of a person before God as a religious act, as in the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, is from about 1400.^(OED 1989) That which is offered or presented is from the mid-15th century,^(Etymonline) and a theatrical or other representation from about 1600.^(Etymonline) The presenting of a candidate for examination or a degree is from 1683,^(OED 1989) and a ceremonious introduction to a superior, as at court, from 1788.^(OED 1989) A talk or lecture setting out a subject for an audience, and the manner in which something is set out, are later developments.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) In medicine, presentation is the position of the baby at the mouth of the womb during birth.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1278 – presentation to a benefice.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 14th century – the giving of a gift.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1400 – a presentation before God.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1600 – a theatrical representation.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1788 – a formal introduction at court.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of presenting something, or the state of being presented.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A talk or [[lecture]] that sets out information or ideas for an audience.^(AHD)

+ # Something offered or given, such as an [[award]] or gift, especially at a ceremony.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The way in which something is set out or shown to others.^(Collins 2023)

+ # A formal introduction, as to a sovereign at court.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(medicine)'' The position of the baby in the [[uterus]] at birth.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[presentational]]

+ * [[nonpresentation]]

+ * [[presentationism]]

+ * [[representation]]

+ * [[self-presentation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[present]]

+ * [[presence]]

+ * [[presentable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}