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 →

2) Giving something to someone in a ceremony: the presentation of prizes. tree →

3) The way something looks or is set out: neat presentation in your book. tree →

4) Presentation can also mean formally introducing a young person to important people in society. tree →

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 →
• Our teacher said my presentation was neat. tree →
• The presentation of the cups is at three. tree →
• She made a slide presentation on the computer. tree →
• Good presentation makes your work easy to read. tree →
• We clapped after each group's presentation. tree →
• A general laugh saluted her on the presentation of her son. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «presentation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.