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# presentation

«presentation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A talk to a group to show or explain something, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a presentation, presentations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A talk to a group to show or explain something, often with slides or pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#m1)

2) Giving something to someone in a ceremony: the presentation of prizes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#m2)

3) The way something looks or is set out: neat presentation in your book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#m3)

4) Presentation can also mean formally introducing a young person to important people in society. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school pupils give presentations about projects; teachers mark presentation (neat handwriting, underlined titles). In everyday life, prize presentations at sports days. Phrases: give a presentation, do a presentation, presentation evening.

### examples

- I gave a presentation about volcanoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x1)
- Our teacher said my presentation was neat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x2)
- The presentation of the cups is at three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x3)
- She made a slide presentation on the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x4)
- Good presentation makes your work easy to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x5)
- We clapped after each group's presentation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x6)
- A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/#x7)

### note

Countable. Verb: present (stress on the second part: pre-SENT). Noun «present» means a gift. Maths: «show your working with clear presentation» means write steps neatly.

### In the corpora

- [Handwriting (presentation) and composition (what is written and how well) are different skills and are marked separately.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «presentation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presentation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.