presentationn.

Brit.

/ˌprɛznˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌprɛznˈteɪʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌpriˌzɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/,

/ˌpriznˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English presentacioun, Middle English presentacyone, Middle English presentasion, Middle English presentatione, Middle English–1700s presentacion, Middle English– presentation, 1500s presentacyon; Scottish pre-1700 presentacion, pre-1700 presentacione, pre-1700 presentacioun, pre-1700 presentacioune, pre-1700 presentacone, pre-1700 presentatione, pre-1700 presentatioun, pre-1700 presentatioune, pre-1700 presentatyowne, pre-1700 1700s– presentation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French presentacioun, presentacion; Latin praesentation-, praesentatio.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman presentacioun and Anglo-Norman and Middle French presentacion, presentation (French présentation ) action of presenting a person (c1175 in Anglo-Norman), right of presenting a clergyman to a benefice (a1229 in Old French), action of presenting a legal document (1337), formal bringing or presenting of a person before God (1433), image, likeness (1454) and its etymon post-classical Latin praesentation-, praesentatio action of presenting (5th cent.), action of offering something for acceptance (from 1086 in British sources), present, gift (12th cent.), right of presenting a clergyman to a benefice (frequently from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), (legal) presentment (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), presentation of a candidate for examination or degree (a1350, c1430, 1582 in British sources) < classical Latin praesentāt- , past participial stem of praesentāre present v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan presentacio (1294), Catalan presentació (14th cent.), Spanish presentación (1247 or earlier), Portuguese presentação (15th cent.), Italian presentazióne (a1313 as presentagione).With Presentation of the Virgin Mary at sense 2a compare post-classical Latin presentatio Beate Marie (16th cent. in British sources) and Middle French, French présentation de la Vierge (14th cent.). In sense 8 after German Vorstellung (1790 or earlier in this sense). N.E.D. (1908) interpreted the following quot. as showing use of presentacion in the sense of presence n. 1, apparently for the sake of rhyme; however, it could instead be interpreted as showing sense 3a:?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 180 Bounde to Ierusalem, with furyous vyolacion, Be-for cesar caypha, and annas presentacion.

I. The action of presenting or introducing a person.

1. Ecclesiastical Law. The action or the right of presenting a clergyman to a benefice, or to the bishop for institution. Also: the introduction or recommendation of a candidate to a presbytery for licence as a preacher.

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society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun]

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advocateship1753

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 34 Ant ase of chalenchinge of churchene ne beth bote þreo writes originales,..writ of riȝt, ant tuueine of possession, þat is, þ[a]t on, ‘last presentacion’, ant þat oþer, ‘warefore desturbets’.

?a1424 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 35 (MED) Also I send ȝow a copie of þe letters of Institucion and Induccion at þe kynges presentacion.

1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 599/2 The next Presentation, power and auctorite of presentyng, of a..persone to the Parissh Chirche.

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 353 (MED) Þouȝ þe patron of layfe presente a persone vnable, he lesith nouȝt his riȝth of presentacion.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 55 Concerning the nomination and presentation into benefices, if any controuersie arise betweene the layetie and Clergie: or betweene one spirituall man with another [etc.].

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ee2^v/2 Presentation..is vsed properly for the act of a patron offering his Clerke to the Bishop, to be instituted in a benefice of his gift.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 107 One who hath the presentation or nomination to a Church as Patron.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Admission, or Admittance..in Law is when a presentation to a void Benefice being made by the Patron, the Bishop allows the Clerk to be able.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. v. §7 With the exceptions of the presentations sold in pursuance of the former act.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. iii. 22 An advowson presentative is where the patron hath a right of presentation to the bishop or ordinary, and moreover to demand of him to institute his clerk.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 15 A presentation in writing is a kind of letter, not a deed, from the patron to the bishop.., requesting the bishop to admit the person presented to the church.

1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 607 Presentation..differs from nomination, inasmuch as nomination signifies offering a clerk to the patron in order that he may be presented to the bishop.

1880 T. Fowler Locke ii. 24 Locke..was made Secretary of Presentations—that is, of the Chancellor's church patronage.

1914 J. Mackay Church in Highlands 249 In 1809 a presentation to the parish of Fearn was issued in favour of Hugh Ross.

1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors vi. 53 At the date of presentation not more than three years have elapsed since the presentee was made a deacon.

a. The formal bringing or presenting of a person before God, as a religious act.In the Christian Church, with reference to the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, as recorded in Luke 2:22–39, and the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, as a child, narrated in the Apocryphal Gospels. Also used to refer to the festivals in which these incidents are celebrated, the former on 2 February (see Candlemas n., purification n. 1b), the latter, by the Greek and Roman Churches, on 21 November. Also, in Art: a representation of either of these incidents. Order of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary n. a Roman Catholic order of nuns, founded in 1777 in Ireland, and mainly devoted to education.

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the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > presenting

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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > presentation

presentation?a1425

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?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 152 The firste feste is of his [sc. the grete Chane's] byrthe; þat oþer is of his presentacioun [Fr. presentacioun] in here temple..where þei maken a manere of circumcisioun.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 81 (MED) Lo, sofreynes, here ȝe haue seyn in þe temple of oure ladyes presentacion.

a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) 2669 (MED) The secounde name this fest has..presentacio callet was, or elles ayain-comyng, Presentacioun..sithen he to þe temple solempnely was offret this day.

1588 A. King tr. Catechisme in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 198 The presentation of our lady in the temple..institut festuall be pape Pius 2.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 233 Divers good pictures; as..the Visitation of Eliz: the Presentation of the B: Virgin.

1662 Bk. Com. Prayer The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called, The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin.

1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 742 This festival of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin..is mentioned in the most ancient Greek menologies extant.

1848 M. Gailland Diary 21 Nov. in Kansas Hist. Q. (1953) 2 528 The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

1859 A. Jameson Mem. Early Ital. Painters 297 [Titian] The first of his historical compositions..is the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple.

1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 34/1 [Article Farinato] in the Berlin gallery [is] a Presentation in the Temple.

1880 F. Meyrick in W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. II. 1144/1 The Festival of the Presentation of St. Mary..did not pass into the West till 1375... Its purpose is to commemorate the presentation of St. Mary as narrated in the Gnostic legend which is embodied in the Protevangelion and the Gospel of the Birth of Mary.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 691/2 Order of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary... In 1874 it possessed seventy-three houses, with 1,140 nuns and more than 20,000 pupils.

1937 Burlington Mag. Sept. 109/1 Giovanni di Paolo's large Presentation in the Temple of 1447–9.

1994 Bonnyville (Alberta) Nouvelle 15 Nov. a9/2 St. Paul and District Ukrainian Catholic Churches..Nov. 21: Monday—Feast of the Presentation of the Mother of God.

b. The formal or ceremonial introduction of a person to another, esp. to a superior; spec. the presenting of a person at court.

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a1650 S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth anno 1580 (1682) 282/1 Nota, That all this was done after the Election of John Popham Esquire the Queens Sollicitor for Prolocutor or Speaker, but before his Presentation to the Queen, or her Majesties allowance of him.

1702 G. Miège New State Eng. (ed. 4) iii. i. 7 At the Day appointed for his Presentation to the King (which is usually the next Day) His Majesty being come to the House of Lords, the Commons are called in.

1777 tr. J. B. Du Barry Genuine Mem. I. 46 His majesty gave notice that there would be a presentation at court the day following; that it would be single; and one that had been long expected; in fine, he declared that Madam Dubarrè would be the subject.

1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. i. 24 I hear there is to be a presentation of Misses today.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. v. 36 His presentation at St. James's had made him courteous.

1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. i. 16 I was promised an early presentation to Her Majesty.

1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 150 After May there would be no drawing~rooms or presentations.

1947 Life 17 Nov. 88/1 (caption) Presentation to the King and Queen of England was the goal of ambitious American society mothers.

1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 62 He proposed the arrival of Queen Victoria,..the presentation of Dodgson/Carroll to her, and the immediate lionization of Dodgson by his opponents.

c. The presenting of a candidate for examination, for admission to a degree, etc.

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society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > presenting or petitioning for degree

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1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 57 The duke, after he was presented, took his place on the right of the vicechancellor; the rest, after presentation, on the left.

1727 E. Calamy Contin. Acct. Ministers I. 177 At the Presentation for Degrees, certain Oaths use to be administer'd by each of the Proctors.

1864 London Univ. Cal. 59 A Certificate..shall be delivered at the Public Presentation for Degrees to each Candidate who has passed.

1883 Cambr. Univ. Reporter 22 May 732 The Presentation for Doctor's Degrees..conferred honoris causa..shall take precedence of all others.

1906 J. Wells Oxf. Degree Cerem. 11 The second part of the ceremony is the presentation of the candidates to the Vice Chancellor and Proctors.

2004 Daily Rec. (Morristown, New Jersey) (Nexis) 26 June After a presentation of graduates by Baker and the conferring of diplomas, Robinson gave the closing remarks.

†3. Law.

a. = presentment n. 2. Obsolete.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > testimony or statement of witness > made by jury

presentment1423

presentationa1500

a1500 in Trans. Royal Soc. Lit. (1905) 27 129 (MED) By thi presentacion and accusacions whiche thei browte ageyns the before pylate the Iuge, haue mercy on vs.

1604 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 436 No presentation of blood drawing or beareing wepons of a childe, shall be presented before hee be twelve years of age.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 181 The Clerke of Presentations.

b. Scottish bond of presentation n. a written agreement allowing the temporary release of a person in custody, on condition that the obligant will present the person to the appropriate authority at a specified time or when called upon to do so. See quot. 1861. Obsolete.

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1698 in C. M. Armet Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds (1953) II. 710 This bond wes protested be Mr. John Fraser against Orraland for his not compeirance in the terms of the within wrytene bond of presentatione.

1761 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 II. 222 Being apprehended by caption, he, to relieve himself out of the messenger's hand, grants a bond of presentation, wherein Alexander Bruce his son is cautioner with him.

a1765 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) iii. iii. §70 The granter of a bond of presentation who has failed to present the debtor's person in the terms of his obligation.

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Bond of Presentation is an obligation granted for behoof of a person in custody on a legal warrant, in order to obtain his temporary liberation. The obligant in such a bond becomes bound to present the person so liberated, to the officer holding the warrant, at a particular day and place.

II. The action of delivering, giving, etc.

a. The action of offering something for acceptance, esp. formally or ceremoniously; handing over, delivery; bestowal, giving. Also: an instance of this.

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the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [noun]

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the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > presenting > to the proper quarter

presentation1427

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society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > action of or offering of

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society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > presenting for payment

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1427 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 259 (MED) Þe said Gartier, after presentacioun of his lettres with gretyng on þe Kinges behalf and recomendacion of þe lordes of þe consail..shal say, [etc.].

a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 814 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 428 To the Bysshop off the diocyse Made off his bullis presentacioun.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlviii. 101 Prayers..are..sometime a presentation of meere desires, as a meane of procuring desired effects at the hands of God.

1688 in J. Barker Poet. Recreations ii. 94 (title of poem) On the presentation of a Bird to his Mistriss.

1700 C. Nesse Antidote against Arminianism 70 The two parts of his Sacerdotal Office (to wit, Oblation and Presentation) cannot be separated.

1799 S. J. Pratt Gleanings in Eng. 130 I mentioned the presentation of a book to my little friend..suffer me to add the lines which accompanied it.

1840 R. H. Barham Leech of Folkestone in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 123 The occasional presentation of a sippet-shaped billet-doux.

1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking iv. 93 It would seem sufficient that the post of the second day should be the medium of presentation [of a cheque at a bank].

1883 Act 46 & 47 Vict. c. 52 §10 The Court may..after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition stay any action..against..the debtor.

1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 355 That very evening he had been considering the presentation to him next day of a round robin of collective gratitude on his departure.

1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 1 We meet..to witness and applaud the presentation of medals in recognition of valuable services to archaeology.

†b. Something offered for acceptance; a present, gift, donation, etc. Obsolete.In quot. 1714: an address presented (perhaps with allusion to 3a).

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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]

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Harry Freeman's1925

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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech

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c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fifteen Joys 103 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 264 (MED) To Symyon þowe madest oblacyone, And of thy sune a presentacyone.

a1509 (?1468) Acct. Marriage Margaret of York in Archaeologia (1846) 31 331 (MED) And then the storme of the rainge cam so fast I myght not wryt the certeinte of the presentacions.

1619 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Αρχαιο-πλουτος ii. iv. 154/2 The height or top of an oliue tree did shew it self, wherof the Doue broght a presentation to the good old man, as a symbol of grace.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) ii. sig. A7 This is a kinde of Attome, in comparison of other Presentations.

1714 R. Steele Lover No. 3 (1715) 16 A Sett of Persons whom they call in their Presentation the Lovers Vagabond.

III. The action of presenting to sight or to the mind.

a. An image, a likeness (= presentment n. 4a); a representation, a symbol. Now rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol

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a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 133 Quhen this chaist virgin..persauit the presentacioune of a man..in the nature of angell.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 84 I cald thee then, poore shadow, painted Queene, The presentation of, but what I was.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator IV. xx An agreeable presentation of themselves in a glass.

1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius iii. 32 Thou livest in a world of signs and types, The presentations of most holy truths.

1990 Creative Rev. Mar. 7 (caption) This striking graphic identity..is a presentation of the headhunting process.

b. The action, means, or manner of presenting something to view; theatrical, pictorial, or symbolic representation; a display, an exhibition, etc. Now also: a display or show of information, materials, etc.; a lecture (esp. one illustrated with visual displays).

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society > communication > representation > [noun]

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rendition1959

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun]

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spectatorshipa1616

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > presentation to sight or view

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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun] > a show (of something)

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun]

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatic performance

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a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 105 He vses his folly like a stalking-horse, and vnder the presentation of that he shoots his wit.

1672 J. Dryden Heroic Plays in Ess. (1900) I. 150 These warlike instruments, and even their presentations of fighting on the stage, are no more than necessary to produce the effects of an heroic play.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber vii. 142 He had been a greater Gainer, by Subscriptions to his Copy, than he could have been by a bare Theatrical Presentation.

1787 T. Martyn Tour Through Italy viii. 293 The chapel is incrusted with pannels of yellow marble; the paintings by Conca are bad; but there is a beautiful presentation, by Mengs.

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 19 To aim at any other presentation of female beauty.

1898 R. F. Horton Commandm. Jesus v. 78 The plain presentation of it [sc. the Passion] by the peasants of Ober-Ammergau has an overwhelming effect even on careless spectators.

1919 J. Reed Ten Days that shook World x. 253 The meeting-place was a theatre, in which..amateur presentations of the latest French comedy had once taken place.

1939 D. Thomas Let. 23 Aug. (1985) 399 Here is a selection..of poems that might be suitable for some kind of dramatic presentation.

1972 G. Bromley In Absence of Body i. 13 ‘We've got the OOO-Frooty presentation tomorrow’... The presentation was to show the client proposals for a new [advertising] campaign.

1994 Bartlett Arboretum Newslet. Winter 6/1 The first session will begin with a slide presentation.

c. The style or manner in which something is presented, described, or explained.

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1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 113 Matisse, with his frugal presentation of purely aesthetic values.

1944 N. L. Pritchard Presentation of Old Test. 2 This view does as much violence to the time spirit of the Old Testament as its opposite, the Traditionalist standpoint, and both are to be avoided in a just presentation.

1967 G. Jackson Let. 12 Sept. in Soledad Brother (1971) 129 I have not seen or heard from her... I probably used the wrong presentation with her and frightened her.

1987 J. A. Cloake Mod. Hist. Man. (BNC) 21 Your main task here is to separate the content from the presentation.

1993 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Jan. 44/2 The designs..were described as a ‘hotchpotch..the whole series suffering from a complete lack of consistency of style, purpose and presentation’.

2004 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. 5 His wife liked extravagant presentation and was easier to impress.

d. Broadcasting.

(a) The action or an instance of presenting a programme, by announcing or introducing the various items.

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society > communication > broadcasting > [noun] > action of specific type of broadcaster

commentating1939

presentation1941

newsreading1951

1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 26 Programme presentation. (1) Action of presenting a sequence of programmes by means of a framework of microphone announcements... (2) Framework of microphone announcements in a sequence of programmes, its purpose being to supply continuity, to link programmes together, and to attract listeners.

1942 Times 20 Oct. 1/7 Well-educated young man..desires change of position of responsibility: wide experience of radio presentation.

1968 Radio Times 28 Nov. 23/3 Television presentation by Nick Hunter.

1978 Listener 7 Dec. 762/4 The business of neat, informative presentation.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Oct. b5/5 As a result the daffy presentation of the show..risks introducing the opposite idea: that the string [theory] ideas are all wet.

(b) Short for presentation department n. at Compounds 2.

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > people involved in television production > presentation department

presentation department1954

presentation1974

1974 Some Techn. Terms & Slang (Granada Television) Presentation, the department within Granada responsible for shape and coordination of the daily programme schedule.

2005 Times (Nexis) 2 Nov. 11 When we were Broadcasting and Presentation we were known as B & P.

a. The action of presenting something to the mind or to mental perception; a description or statement; the setting forth of an idea, point of view, etc.

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the mind > language > statement > [noun]

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statement1776

stating1780

constatation1952

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun]

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deciphera1670

characterization1801

redescription1839

descriptivism1935

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 175 This new presentation of Christ not before their eyes but within their soules.

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 283 I have not further to trouble y^r Excell^cy then w^t the presentation of my reall desires to serve you.

1767 P. Silvester Let. 9 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 967 We did not care to give them up until we had your positive orders after a true presentation of affairs.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm x. 302 In the Bible, there are no scientific presentations of the body of divinity.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. xlviii. 447 To combat false doctrine..by the presentation of the counter truth.

1907 Hibbert Jrnl. July 927 His presentations of the orthodox case are sometimes the merest travesties of what educated opponents really hold.

1987 Pretoria News 17 June 1 Curtailment of certain reports may lead to an incomplete presentation of the events of the day.

†b. The action of representing something directly to the mind or thought. Cf. presentive adj. Obsolete. rare.

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1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue v. 197 The letter A once was a picture, and it represented a bull's head... It began in presentation and has reached a state of symbolism.

a. Obstetrics. The orientation of a particular part of the fetus towards the mouth of the uterus; the position and orientation of the fetus in relation to the mouth of the uterus. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the part which presents (present v. 8b(b)).breech, face-, vertex presentation: see the first element.

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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > presentation

presentation1743

1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. II. clii. 213 Whoever prudently considers this dangerous and difficult Presentation [L. situ] of the Fœtus..will readily conceive in what manner the Infant is to be turned.

1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 195 The presentation of the head was always deemed the most natural.

1795 M. Stephen Domestic Midwife 48 What clearly discovers the breech presentation, is the discharge of the meconium, when the membranes break.

1842 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1849) I. 512/1 [With lambs] the presentation is sometimes made with the hind-feet foremost.

1851 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (ed. 3) 121 Discriminating marks of a Head Presentation.

1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 606/2 The second stage of labor was prolonged because of a breech presentation; there was difficulty in delivering the enlarged aftercoming head.

1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ii. 88 Cephalic presentations are less favourable the less flexed the head.

b. The action of placing something, or condition of being placed, in a particular direction or position with respect to something else or to an observer; the mode in which a thing is presented or presents itself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > [noun]

standing?c1400

situationa1484

setting?1523

disposition?1541

position1556

collocation1605

posture1605

standa1684

lie1697

lay1819

presentation1833

sit1857

gisement1864

orientation1875

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xi. 349 A presentation of the one planet to the other in conjunction, in a variety of situations, tends to produce compensation.

1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 205 Among them occurs every variety..of oblique presentation from a plane passing..edgeways thro' the eye of the spectator to one perpendicular to the visual line.

1881 T. W. Webb in Nature 10 Nov. 38/2 The Earl of Rosse..finds a narrow ray on either side, making..a singular resemblance to Saturn with a very thin presentation of the ring.

2000 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 4 Nov. 15 The shot was less than 100 yards, and the sideways presentation perfect... The little doe took one convulsive leap forward and dropped, shot through the heart.

c. Angling. The action or an instance of casting a lure into the water; the manner in which this is done. Cf. present v. 8e.

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1899 Forest &Stream 2 Sept. 188/1 Aside from the kind and size of the fly and the manner of its presentation, remains the question where one ought to fish.

1946 Waterloo (Iowa) Sunday Courier 23 June 27/3 Dainty flies..will take trout when the fish are feeding on the natural insects. The presentation must be correct too.

1990 Match Fishing Feb. 17/3 The wind was making presentation difficult so we moved.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. viii. 9/4 Since fishing for them [sc. bonefish] is done on shallow flats where a cast is not made until a fish is sighted, an angler has only seconds to make an extremely accurate presentation.

8. Metaphysics and Psychology. A particular form in which something is perceived by the mind; an object of cognitional consciousness, esp. a mental image, picture, etc., derived from perception of an object.By some authors restricted to perceptual, as opposed to conceptual, awareness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun]

presentmenta1842

presentation1849

perception1875

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > Lockianism > elements of

idea1649

mode1671

reflection1690

presentmenta1842

presentation1849

infusion1857

1849 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 2) ii. 101 The impression which any object makes upon the mind may be called a Presentation.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic 1 Such acts are called Intuitions or Presentations; the former is the more generally received appellation.

1874 G. Lewes in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 691 The specific facts of feeling, perception, desire, will, &c., in so far as they are known, may on the whole be called Presentation (Vorstellung).

1884 J. Sully Outl. Psychol. vi. 152 The percept involves the immediate assurance of the presence of the whole object. Hence psychologists commonly speak of percepts in their totality as presentations.

1914 Mind 23 494 We may state the universal principle that there can no more be a judgement without an Objective than there can a presentation (Vorstellung) without an Object.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 771/2 A visual image..has spatio-temporal relationships with older presentations in consciousness.

1997 Philos. Q. 47 463 Kant's theory of..judgements of taste involves a presentation (Vorstellung) in which an object is ‘given’ to an experiencing subject.

9. Medicine. The (initial) appearance of a patient for medical attention; (also) the appearance or manifestation of a symptom, condition, etc.; the manner in which a disease initially manifests itself. Cf. present v. 11.

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1941 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children 59 376 (heading) Presentation of a spasmophilic newborn infant.

1968 Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 71 229 (title) Abdominal pain in a mixed adult African population: diagnosis on first presentation.

1976 Medicine 55 153 Three patients with benign lesions were asymptomatic on presentation.

1991 Lancet 9 Mar. 610/1 The presentation of meningococcal infection with a macular or maculopapular rash is well described in standard textbooks.

2005 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 152 1343 The combination of an unusual clinical presentation..and rapid response to penicillin therapy.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. (In sense 4.)

presentation binding n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun]

antiquing1728

royal binding1808

Russia binding1817

gothique1818

half-binding1821

Roxburghe1839

paper cover1843

trade binding1874

tree-calf1879

Grolier1880

yapp1883

cloth-work1885

publisher's binding1885

tree-marble1885

treed calf1892

presentation binding1893

quarter leather1894

quarter calf1896

three-quarter binding1897

library binding1903

circuit-binding1909

publisher's cloth1911

quarter binding1912

loose back1923

open back1923

spring-back1923

spiral binding1949

1893 Times 19 Oct. 8/4 (advt.) Also in Presentation Binding, French morocco, gilt edges, &c.

1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 841 Books in presentation bindings.

1986 Rev. Eng. Stud. 37 390 The manuscript has the initials TM on both covers of its binding. If it belonged to Tobie Matthew it may be a presentation binding.

presentation bowl n.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > other specific prize

glaivec1380

cupc1640

pewter1814

banner1840

presentation cup1844

blue ribbon1860

ribbon1860

shield1868

special1872

wager-cup1878

presentation bowl1896

rose bowl1970

quaich1971

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > bowl > specific types of

bread bowl1622

lavel1658

tazza1824

mixing bowl1869

sebilla1875

presentation bowl1896

lekane1905

bell-crater1921

witch bowl1926

hanging-bowl1940

1896 Times 1 Aug. 14/8 (advt.) Presentation bowls and trays.

1973 L. Cooper Tea on Sunday ii. 30 Silver, some of it..presentation cups and bowls, shining behind shining glass doors.

1992 Amer. Anthropologist 94 265 Presentation bowls—sometimes newly turned, at other times ancient bowls repolished—were decorated with metal bands and ornate bases.

presentation box n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > box for gift

presentation box1857

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > to show contents to advantage

presentation box1857

1857 Times 24 Dec. 9/4 It is evidently a presentation box; but the initials on the top of the box and the inscription on the inside of the lid have been erased.

1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 333/2 Alaska metal tableware set in a fancy presentation box.

2004 New Yorker 13 Dec. 53/2 A handsome presentation box is free with any of the showy parures (a necklace and earrings) at Sonar Gao Jewelers.

presentation clock n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock

watch-clock1592

German clock1598

quarter clocka1631

wheel-clock1671

table clocka1684

month clock1712

astronomical clock1719

musical clock1721

repeater1725

Tompion1727

pulling clock1733

regulator1735

eight-day clock1741

regulator clock1750

French clock1757

repetition clock1765

day clock1766

striker1778

chiming clock1789

cuckoo-clock1789

night clock1823

telltale1827

carriage clock1828

fly-clock1830

steeple clock1830

telltale clock1832

skeleton clock1842

telegraph clock1842

star clock1850

weight-clock1850

prison clock1853

crystal clock1854

pillar scroll top clock1860

sheep's-head clock1872

presentation clock1875

pillar clock1880

stop-clock1881

Waterbury1882

calendar-clock1884

ting-tang clock1884

birdcage clock1886

sheep's head1887

perpetual calendar1892

bracket clock1894

Act of Parliament clock1899

cartel clock1899

banjo-clock1903

master clock1904

lantern clock1913

time clock1919

evolutionary clock1922

lancet clock1922

atomic clock1927

quartz clock1934

clock radio1946

real-time clock1953

organ clock1956

molecular clock1974

travelling clock2014

the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift of other specific item

presentation clock1875

1875 Times 31 May 19/5 An elaborate presentation clock and candelabra by Howell and James, Regent-street.

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night i. 17 A Presentation Clock was to be unveiled.

2001 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 16 Oct. 7 Ernie Wakelam..with his special presentation clock in recognition of 50 years loyal service.

presentation cup n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > other specific prize

glaivec1380

cupc1640

pewter1814

banner1840

presentation cup1844

blue ribbon1860

ribbon1860

shield1868

special1872

wager-cup1878

presentation bowl1896

rose bowl1970

quaich1971

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > one who wins a prize > awarded as prize

presentation cup1844

1844 Times 9 Mar. 12/5 (advt.) A truly magnificent and costly assemblage of bijouterie..goblets, presentation cups, candlesticks, [etc.].

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 333 They came bearing a presentation cup of silver.

2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 28 June 20 The River Teign Rowing Club got involved with the ladies teams battling it out for a new presentation cup in a choppy seine boat race.

presentation drawing n.

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1931 Speculum 6 5 A beginning was made on the series of general plans at 1/8″=1′-0″ (1:96) which are to serve as the basis of the final presentation drawings.

1975 Country Life 20 Feb. 428 Among the drawings there are those, aptly christened by Johannes Wilde ‘presentation drawings’.

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 66/3 If they were by Michelangelo one would call them presentation drawings.

presentation pack n.

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1935 Times 10 Dec. 9/5 (advt.) Send your greetings with VAT 69 in the Special Christmas presentation pack.

1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 9–15 Dec. 11/1 (advt.) Supplied in presentation pack with supply of BB shot.

1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 71/3 She wrote the text for the Brides presentation pack.

presentation sword n.

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1846 Racine (Wisconsin Territory) Advocate 18 Nov. They have likewise been manufacturing four other presentation swords designed for officers in the U.S. Army, of superior and costly finish.

1928 Geogr. Jrnl. 71 516 Here are stored all the Mir's treasures: presentation swords, gimcrack clocks, a set of Russian china crudely coloured.

1996 J. Robertson Sc. Ghost Stories (1998) xiii. 184 He..seized a large presentation sword that hung on the wall of the landing, unsheathed it and cautiously descended the stairs.

presentation watch n.

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1862 Harper's Mag. Aug. 33/2 The police captain in plain clothes, with a presentation watch in his pocket, attached to a presentational chain.

1931 M. Allingham Police at Funeral iv. 51 Presentation watch... The company gave him this watch.

1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. (Suppl.) 2/3 Swanson's range of watches do not leave out any member of the family and have a complete selection..right up to beautiful women's dress watches or 9ct gold presentation watches.

b. (In sense 2b.)

presentation dress n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > other

ball-dress1710

presentation dress1836

party frock1858

tea-gown1878

semi-evening gown1891

little black frock1898

cocktail dress1921

cocktail frock1926

little black dress1928

practice dress1934

1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage III. xiv. 215 At her Majesty's drawing-room we particularly noticed the elegant presentation dress of the Hon. Lady Marscourt.

1896 Girl's Own Paper 12 Dec. 161/1 I was borne off to the Court Dressmaker to choose the..presentation dresses.

1963 Business Hist. Rev. 37 105 The spectacular presentation dress by Worth, worn by Mrs. Montgomery Sears at her presentation at the Court of St. James in June,1902, will be featured in solitary splendor in the Rotunda.

presentation frock n.

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1901 News Democrat (Uhrichsville Dennison, Ohio) (Electronic text) 18 Oct. There are certain stringent rules and regulations about presentation frocks to be worn at the court of St. James.

a1908 B. Howard Aristocracy ii. 25 Mrs. Stockton and Miss Virginia Stockton were presented to the Queen this afternoon... We have asked a number of friends to drop in after dinner to see the ladies in their presentation frocks.

1932 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Thank Heaven Fasting i. i. 11 Her Presentation frock had a V-shaped neck.

presentation gown n.

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1888 Temple Bar Sept. 84 Am I dreaming waking dreams of pearls and presentation gowns..; of dances in great houses with handsome, light-heeled partners?

1895 Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 5/2 Presentation gown of white duchesse satin.

2004 Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser (Nexis) 17 Apr. f8 Making their debuts in white presentation gowns and elbow length gloves tonight will be: Torquoria Abner, daughter of Valerie and Shederick Abner; [etc.].

c. (In sense 5d.)

presentation assistant n.

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1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 24 Presentation Assistant (abbrev. P.A.), Broadcasting official immediately responsible for the smooth running of a sequence of programmes, and hence for co-ordinating the activities of programme producers, announcers, and engineers directed to that end.

1965 Musical Times 106 549/2 (advt.) BBC Radio requires senior Music Presentation Assistant on 2-year contract to be responsible for directing and co-ordinating music presentation activities on those networks broadcasting serious music.

2005 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 26 Mar. 13 Presentation assistants John Trouse and Debbie Herbert.

presentation studio n.

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1960 B.B.C. Handbk. 40 It [sc. the Television Centre] will provide the service with..seven major production and two presentation studios.

1984 Times 27 Feb. 10/1 After consultation, REW converted the top floor of his Soho production company into a compact presentation studio and edit suite.

presentation suite n.

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1957 Times 28 Aug. p. ix/1 Between two of the studios there will be a multi-storey 'wedge' in which the central control and apparatus rooms, and the telecine and presentation suites, will be sited.

1974 B.B.C. Handbk. 1975 264/2 The Television Centre houses separate presentation suites incorporating network control rooms, and studios for announcements and weather forecasts.

C2.

presentation copy n. a copy of a book presented as a gift, esp. in recognition of assistance given to the author or as a token of esteem.

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society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > books intended as gifts or prizes

presentation copy1753

prize book1798

souvenir1798

reward book1801

leaving book1829

gift-book1834

1753 T. Osborne Catal. Libr. Dr. Cromwell Mortimer I. 516 Divine Poesy dedicated to Henry King, Lord bishop Elect of Chichester (the Original Presentation Copy) MSS. 5s.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VII. lxii. 406 There are few living authors of whose works presentation copies are not to be found here.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 524/2 There is also a presentation copy of Boswell's ‘Life of Johnson’, a first edition in boards, and Sheridan's copy with a rare cancelland.

2005 Australian (Nexis) 25 June 2 A lifetime's collection of manuscripts and books, many of them presentation copies signed by the authors..were boxed up ready to go.

presentation day n. a day on which a ceremonial presentation is made.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week

Le day1574

commencement day1606

Show Sunday1825

class day1833

presentation day1843

June Week1889

spirit week1923

1843 E. P. Belden Sketches Yale Coll. 131 A short time previous to ‘Presentation Day’—the day when the Senior class leaves the Institution. [Note] At the middle of the third term..certificates are presented by the Faculty to the Corporation recommending those who have passed a satisfactory examination as worthy of degree. This gave rise to the term ‘Presentation Day’.

1923 Musical Times 64 422/2 The College Orchestra again provided the music on the occasion of Presentation Day of the University of London, when two College students, William Lovelock and George M. Moore, were ‘presented’ for their Mus. B. degree.

1983 Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner 8 Aug. 1/2 Wednesday is the big competition day... Thursday will be presentation day.

presentation department n. Broadcasting a department which supervises the presenting of programmes (see quot. 1978).

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > people involved in television production > presentation department

presentation department1954

presentation1974

1954 Musical Times 95 480/1 It is, however, time that the presentation department imparted to its members the right way to pronounce ‘Giovanni’ or ‘Gioconda’ when announcing the operas in which these names occur.

1978 A–Z of BBC (ed. 2) 163/1 Presentation Department is editorially responsible for supervising the transmission operation; for promoting programmes on the screen; for network identification..; for programme announcements and public service information,..; and for running the Television Duty Office.

2002 Televisual (Nexis) 3 May 37 His career began at the BBC back in 62 and, after a short stay in the presentation department, he moved to entertainment.

presentation plate n. (a) a bookplate; (b) silverware presented as a gift or trophy; a decorated (commemorative) plate which may be given as a gift.

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1829 Times 30 June 9/5 (advt.) This day is published, in foolscap 8vo. with coloured Presentation Plate, price 5s. in extra boards, The Anthology; an Annual Record Book for Youth.

1854 B. Hale Let. 27 Sept. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 149 The thanks of the east Grinstead public will be conferred upon the Directors, but I don't think I shall receive a piece of presentation plate.

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xviii. 160 That immense sideboard loaded with presentation plate.

1955 Amer. Q. 7 345 Published annually these volumes were presented to one's friends and family at Christmas, often with the names of the giver and receiver elaborately inscribed on a presentation plate provided for that purpose.

1990 Country Homes June 150/4 (advt.) Quality house plaques & presentation plates.

1997 NOVEL: Forum on Fiction 30 157 The Birthday Book uses literature to cement girls' friendships because its presentation plate labels it a gift and its blank spaces invite them to exchange signatures.

presentation silver n. †(a) money given to a distributor or bearer of gifts (obsolete); (b) silverware presented as a gift or trophy.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in silver > articles

silvera1400

presentation silver1511

silver-work1535

silver plate1610

silverware1862

1511 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 311 To the maister cuik for presentation silvir.

1890 Times 14 Aug. 1/4 Valuation of Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, and other Jewellery, also old Silver Plate, Presentation Silver Antique Silver, &c. or the same purchased for cash if desired.

1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 40 Here on shelves was presentation silver..for Rob was the best bicycle champion Holland had had.

2001 Winterthur Portfolio 36 61/1 New York municipal presentation silver, signifies abundance and lavishness.

presentation value n. rare the value of a particular fact presented to public opinion or knowledge.

ΚΠ

1889 Liddon in Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/2 The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus had a mystical side and aspect over and above their presentation value as events in the world's history.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	presentation
释义	presentationn. Brit. /ˌprɛznˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprɛznˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌpriˌzɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌpriznˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English presentacioun, Middle English presentacyone, Middle English presentasion, Middle English presentatione, Middle English–1700s presentacion, Middle English– presentation, 1500s presentacyon; Scottish pre-1700 presentacion, pre-1700 presentacione, pre-1700 presentacioun, pre-1700 presentacioune, pre-1700 presentacone, pre-1700 presentatione, pre-1700 presentatioun, pre-1700 presentatioune, pre-1700 presentatyowne, pre-1700 1700s– presentation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French presentacioun, presentacion; Latin praesentation-, praesentatio. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman presentacioun and Anglo-Norman and Middle French presentacion, presentation (French présentation ) action of presenting a person (c1175 in Anglo-Norman), right of presenting a clergyman to a benefice (a1229 in Old French), action of presenting a legal document (1337), formal bringing or presenting of a person before God (1433), image, likeness (1454) and its etymon post-classical Latin praesentation-, praesentatio action of presenting (5th cent.), action of offering something for acceptance (from 1086 in British sources), present, gift (12th cent.), right of presenting a clergyman to a benefice (frequently from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), (legal) presentment (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), presentation of a candidate for examination or degree (a1350, c1430, 1582 in British sources) < classical Latin praesentāt- , past participial stem of praesentāre present v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan presentacio (1294), Catalan presentació (14th cent.), Spanish presentación (1247 or earlier), Portuguese presentação (15th cent.), Italian presentazióne (a1313 as presentagione).With Presentation of the Virgin Mary at sense 2a compare post-classical Latin presentatio Beate Marie (16th cent. in British sources) and Middle French, French présentation de la Vierge (14th cent.). In sense 8 after German Vorstellung (1790 or earlier in this sense). N.E.D. (1908) interpreted the following quot. as showing use of presentacion in the sense of presence n. 1, apparently for the sake of rhyme; however, it could instead be interpreted as showing sense 3a:?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 180 Bounde to Ierusalem, with furyous vyolacion, Be-for cesar caypha, and annas presentacion. I. The action of presenting or introducing a person. 1. Ecclesiastical Law. The action or the right of presenting a clergyman to a benefice, or to the bishop for institution. Also: the introduction or recommendation of a candidate to a presbytery for licence as a preacher. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] vowson1297 advowsonc1300 advocationa1325 presentationa1325 presentmenta1325 collationc1380 patronage1395 advowryc1460 avowrya1475 advowsonage1528 voisom1538 advowsante1539 donation1540 advowsement1590 beneficial1591 collating1642 advowsance1655 advocacy1711 advocateship1753 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 34 Ant ase of chalenchinge of churchene ne beth bote þreo writes originales,..writ of riȝt, ant tuueine of possession, þat is, þ[a]t on, ‘last presentacion’, ant þat oþer, ‘warefore desturbets’. ?a1424 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 35 (MED) Also I send ȝow a copie of þe letters of Institucion and Induccion at þe kynges presentacion. 1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 599/2 The next Presentation, power and auctorite of presentyng, of a..persone to the Parissh Chirche. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 353 (MED) Þouȝ þe patron of layfe presente a persone vnable, he lesith nouȝt his riȝth of presentacion. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 55 Concerning the nomination and presentation into benefices, if any controuersie arise betweene the layetie and Clergie: or betweene one spirituall man with another [etc.]. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ee2^v/2 Presentation..is vsed properly for the act of a patron offering his Clerke to the Bishop, to be instituted in a benefice of his gift. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 107 One who hath the presentation or nomination to a Church as Patron. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Admission, or Admittance..in Law is when a presentation to a void Benefice being made by the Patron, the Bishop allows the Clerk to be able. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. v. §7 With the exceptions of the presentations sold in pursuance of the former act. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. iii. 22 An advowson presentative is where the patron hath a right of presentation to the bishop or ordinary, and moreover to demand of him to institute his clerk. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 15 A presentation in writing is a kind of letter, not a deed, from the patron to the bishop.., requesting the bishop to admit the person presented to the church. 1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 607 Presentation..differs from nomination, inasmuch as nomination signifies offering a clerk to the patron in order that he may be presented to the bishop. 1880 T. Fowler Locke ii. 24 Locke..was made Secretary of Presentations—that is, of the Chancellor's church patronage. 1914 J. Mackay Church in Highlands 249 In 1809 a presentation to the parish of Fearn was issued in favour of Hugh Ross. 1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors vi. 53 At the date of presentation not more than three years have elapsed since the presentee was made a deacon. 2. a. The formal bringing or presenting of a person before God, as a religious act.In the Christian Church, with reference to the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, as recorded in Luke 2:22–39, and the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, as a child, narrated in the Apocryphal Gospels. Also used to refer to the festivals in which these incidents are celebrated, the former on 2 February (see Candlemas n., purification n. 1b), the latter, by the Greek and Roman Churches, on 21 November. Also, in Art: a representation of either of these incidents. Order of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary n. a Roman Catholic order of nuns, founded in 1777 in Ireland, and mainly devoted to education. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > presenting presenta1325 presentation?a1425 presentingc1430 society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > presentation presentation?a1425 presentment1583 porrection1890 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 152 The firste feste is of his [sc. the grete Chane's] byrthe; þat oþer is of his presentacioun [Fr. presentacioun] in here temple..where þei maken a manere of circumcisioun. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 81 (MED) Lo, sofreynes, here ȝe haue seyn in þe temple of oure ladyes presentacion. a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) 2669 (MED) The secounde name this fest has..presentacio callet was, or elles ayain-comyng, Presentacioun..sithen he to þe temple solempnely was offret this day. 1588 A. King tr. Catechisme in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 198 The presentation of our lady in the temple..institut festuall be pape Pius 2. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 233 Divers good pictures; as..the Visitation of Eliz: the Presentation of the B: Virgin. 1662 Bk. Com. Prayer The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called, The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 742 This festival of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin..is mentioned in the most ancient Greek menologies extant. 1848 M. Gailland Diary 21 Nov. in Kansas Hist. Q. (1953) 2 528 The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1859 A. Jameson Mem. Early Ital. Painters 297 [Titian] The first of his historical compositions..is the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 34/1 [Article Farinato] in the Berlin gallery [is] a Presentation in the Temple. 1880 F. Meyrick in W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. II. 1144/1 The Festival of the Presentation of St. Mary..did not pass into the West till 1375... Its purpose is to commemorate the presentation of St. Mary as narrated in the Gnostic legend which is embodied in the Protevangelion and the Gospel of the Birth of Mary. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 691/2 Order of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary... In 1874 it possessed seventy-three houses, with 1,140 nuns and more than 20,000 pupils. 1937 Burlington Mag. Sept. 109/1 Giovanni di Paolo's large Presentation in the Temple of 1447–9. 1994 Bonnyville (Alberta) Nouvelle 15 Nov. a9/2 St. Paul and District Ukrainian Catholic Churches..Nov. 21: Monday—Feast of the Presentation of the Mother of God. b. The formal or ceremonial introduction of a person to another, esp. to a superior; spec. the presenting of a person at court. ΚΠ a1650 S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth anno 1580 (1682) 282/1 Nota, That all this was done after the Election of John Popham Esquire the Queens Sollicitor for Prolocutor or Speaker, but before his Presentation to the Queen, or her Majesties allowance of him. 1702 G. Miège New State Eng. (ed. 4) iii. i. 7 At the Day appointed for his Presentation to the King (which is usually the next Day) His Majesty being come to the House of Lords, the Commons are called in. 1777 tr. J. B. Du Barry Genuine Mem. I. 46 His majesty gave notice that there would be a presentation at court the day following; that it would be single; and one that had been long expected; in fine, he declared that Madam Dubarrè would be the subject. 1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. i. 24 I hear there is to be a presentation of Misses today. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. v. 36 His presentation at St. James's had made him courteous. View more context for this quotation 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. i. 16 I was promised an early presentation to Her Majesty. 1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 150 After May there would be no drawing~rooms or presentations. 1947 Life 17 Nov. 88/1 (caption) Presentation to the King and Queen of England was the goal of ambitious American society mothers. 1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 62 He proposed the arrival of Queen Victoria,..the presentation of Dodgson/Carroll to her, and the immediate lionization of Dodgson by his opponents. c. The presenting of a candidate for examination, for admission to a degree, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > presenting or petitioning for degree supplicat1665 presentation1683 supplication1691 1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 57 The duke, after he was presented, took his place on the right of the vicechancellor; the rest, after presentation, on the left. 1727 E. Calamy Contin. Acct. Ministers I. 177 At the Presentation for Degrees, certain Oaths use to be administer'd by each of the Proctors. 1864 London Univ. Cal. 59 A Certificate..shall be delivered at the Public Presentation for Degrees to each Candidate who has passed. 1883 Cambr. Univ. Reporter 22 May 732 The Presentation for Doctor's Degrees..conferred honoris causa..shall take precedence of all others. 1906 J. Wells Oxf. Degree Cerem. 11 The second part of the ceremony is the presentation of the candidates to the Vice Chancellor and Proctors. 2004 Daily Rec. (Morristown, New Jersey) (Nexis) 26 June After a presentation of graduates by Baker and the conferring of diplomas, Robinson gave the closing remarks. †3. Law. a. = presentment n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > testimony or statement of witness > made by jury presentment1423 presentationa1500 a1500 in Trans. Royal Soc. Lit. (1905) 27 129 (MED) By thi presentacion and accusacions whiche thei browte ageyns the before pylate the Iuge, haue mercy on vs. 1604 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 436 No presentation of blood drawing or beareing wepons of a childe, shall be presented before hee be twelve years of age. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 181 The Clerke of Presentations. b. Scottish bond of presentation n. a written agreement allowing the temporary release of a person in custody, on condition that the obligant will present the person to the appropriate authority at a specified time or when called upon to do so. See quot. 1861. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1698 in C. M. Armet Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds (1953) II. 710 This bond wes protested be Mr. John Fraser against Orraland for his not compeirance in the terms of the within wrytene bond of presentatione. 1761 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 II. 222 Being apprehended by caption, he, to relieve himself out of the messenger's hand, grants a bond of presentation, wherein Alexander Bruce his son is cautioner with him. a1765 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) iii. iii. §70 The granter of a bond of presentation who has failed to present the debtor's person in the terms of his obligation. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Bond of Presentation is an obligation granted for behoof of a person in custody on a legal warrant, in order to obtain his temporary liberation. The obligant in such a bond becomes bound to present the person so liberated, to the officer holding the warrant, at a particular day and place. II. The action of delivering, giving, etc. 4. a. The action of offering something for acceptance, esp. formally or ceremoniously; handing over, delivery; bestowal, giving. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [noun] proffera1325 presentation1427 presentingc1430 offer1433 proposition1541 tender1577 tendry1624 tendering1625 offerture1631 proposala1640 deference1660 oblation1678 offering1706 porrection1715 the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > presenting > to the proper quarter presentation1427 presentment1769 society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > action of or offering of bidding of prayersc1175 orison?c1250 bidding1297 prayerc1300 beads biddinga1325 sacrificec1595 presentation1597 pray1654 davening1947 society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > presenting for payment presentment1776 presentation1866 1427 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 259 (MED) Þe said Gartier, after presentacioun of his lettres with gretyng on þe Kinges behalf and recomendacion of þe lordes of þe consail..shal say, [etc.]. a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 814 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 428 To the Bysshop off the diocyse Made off his bullis presentacioun. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlviii. 101 Prayers..are..sometime a presentation of meere desires, as a meane of procuring desired effects at the hands of God. 1688 in J. Barker Poet. Recreations ii. 94 (title of poem) On the presentation of a Bird to his Mistriss. 1700 C. Nesse Antidote against Arminianism 70 The two parts of his Sacerdotal Office (to wit, Oblation and Presentation) cannot be separated. 1799 S. J. Pratt Gleanings in Eng. 130 I mentioned the presentation of a book to my little friend..suffer me to add the lines which accompanied it. 1840 R. H. Barham Leech of Folkestone in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 123 The occasional presentation of a sippet-shaped billet-doux. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking iv. 93 It would seem sufficient that the post of the second day should be the medium of presentation [of a cheque at a bank]. 1883 Act 46 & 47 Vict. c. 52 §10 The Court may..after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition stay any action..against..the debtor. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 355 That very evening he had been considering the presentation to him next day of a round robin of collective gratitude on his departure. 1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 1 We meet..to witness and applaud the presentation of medals in recognition of valuable services to archaeology. †b. Something offered for acceptance; a present, gift, donation, etc. Obsolete.In quot. 1714: an address presented (perhaps with allusion to 3a). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech speakingc1275 cry1303 orisona1382 sermonc1385 exhortationc1450 oration?1504 prepositiona1513 declamation1523 concion1541 speak1567 set speech1573 speech1583 hortative1612 allocution1615 public addressa1639 address1643 presentation1714 speechification1809 speechment1826 c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fifteen Joys 103 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 264 (MED) To Symyon þowe madest oblacyone, And of thy sune a presentacyone. a1509 (?1468) Acct. Marriage Margaret of York in Archaeologia (1846) 31 331 (MED) And then the storme of the rainge cam so fast I myght not wryt the certeinte of the presentacions. 1619 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Αρχαιο-πλουτος ii. iv. 154/2 The height or top of an oliue tree did shew it self, wherof the Doue broght a presentation to the good old man, as a symbol of grace. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) ii. sig. A7 This is a kinde of Attome, in comparison of other Presentations. 1714 R. Steele Lover No. 3 (1715) 16 A Sett of Persons whom they call in their Presentation the Lovers Vagabond. III. The action of presenting to sight or to the mind. 5. a. An image, a likeness (= presentment n. 4a); a representation, a symbol. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation ylikenesseOE likenessOE anlikenessOE ylikeOE imagec1300 acornc1388 portraiturea1393 resemblancea1393 semblanta1400 counterfeitc1400 shapec1400 statuec1405 representation1477 presentationa1513 presentment1535 effigy1539 porture1542 express1553 effigium1564 representance1565 designment1570 icon1572 mimesisa1586 effigies1615 expressurea1616 represent1615 signature1618 proportion1678 representative1766 rendering1825 buggerlugs1839 effigiation1876 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol tokeningc888 tokenc890 print1340 bannerc1380 signingc1390 signala1393 signc1400 similitude?c1400 type?a1500 sacrament1534 resemblance1548 adumbration1552 character1569 picture1580 symbol1590 moral?1594 attribute1600 symbolization1603 allegory1606 emblema1616 hieroglyph1646 simile1682 documentor1684 symptoma1687 monument1728 metaphor1836 presentation1866 symbolisms1876 ideogram1897 picture message1912 figura1959 a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 133 Quhen this chaist virgin..persauit the presentacioune of a man..in the nature of angell. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 84 I cald thee then, poore shadow, painted Queene, The presentation of, but what I was. View more context for this quotation 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator IV. xx An agreeable presentation of themselves in a glass. 1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius iii. 32 Thou livest in a world of signs and types, The presentations of most holy truths. 1990 Creative Rev. Mar. 7 (caption) This striking graphic identity..is a presentation of the headhunting process. b. The action, means, or manner of presenting something to view; theatrical, pictorial, or symbolic representation; a display, an exhibition, etc. Now also: a display or show of information, materials, etc.; a lecture (esp. one illustrated with visual displays). ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] picture?a1439 representingc1443 portraiturea1450 refigurationc1475 effigiation?1533 figuring1534 representation1579 picturing1585 representmentc1590 presentationa1616 portrayment?1650 iconism1656 importraiture1834 portrayal1836 rendition1959 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun] showc1330 presentationa1616 spectatorshipa1616 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > presentation to sight or view presentationa1616 outward visible sign1758 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun] > a show (of something) sight1390 presentationa1616 exhibit1654 show1695 re-exhibition1758 layout1869 shop window1894 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] spectaclea1340 speculationc1440 steracle14.. triumphc1503 show1565 sprank1568 ostentation1598 presentationa1616 exposition1649 gauds1652 raree-show1681 spectacle1749 exhibition1761 draw1881 spectacular1890 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatic performance scene1572 representation?1589 presentationa1616 scene work1642 dramatics1796 dramaticalc1826 dramaturgy1837 theatricalitya1871 stage-work1906 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 105 He vses his folly like a stalking-horse, and vnder the presentation of that he shoots his wit. View more context for this quotation 1672 J. Dryden Heroic Plays in Ess. (1900) I. 150 These warlike instruments, and even their presentations of fighting on the stage, are no more than necessary to produce the effects of an heroic play. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber vii. 142 He had been a greater Gainer, by Subscriptions to his Copy, than he could have been by a bare Theatrical Presentation. 1787 T. Martyn Tour Through Italy viii. 293 The chapel is incrusted with pannels of yellow marble; the paintings by Conca are bad; but there is a beautiful presentation, by Mengs. 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 19 To aim at any other presentation of female beauty. 1898 R. F. Horton Commandm. Jesus v. 78 The plain presentation of it [sc. the Passion] by the peasants of Ober-Ammergau has an overwhelming effect even on careless spectators. 1919 J. Reed Ten Days that shook World x. 253 The meeting-place was a theatre, in which..amateur presentations of the latest French comedy had once taken place. 1939 D. Thomas Let. 23 Aug. (1985) 399 Here is a selection..of poems that might be suitable for some kind of dramatic presentation. 1972 G. Bromley In Absence of Body i. 13 ‘We've got the OOO-Frooty presentation tomorrow’... The presentation was to show the client proposals for a new [advertising] campaign. 1994 Bartlett Arboretum Newslet. Winter 6/1 The first session will begin with a slide presentation. c. The style or manner in which something is presented, described, or explained. ΚΠ 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 113 Matisse, with his frugal presentation of purely aesthetic values. 1944 N. L. Pritchard Presentation of Old Test. 2 This view does as much violence to the time spirit of the Old Testament as its opposite, the Traditionalist standpoint, and both are to be avoided in a just presentation. 1967 G. Jackson Let. 12 Sept. in Soledad Brother (1971) 129 I have not seen or heard from her... I probably used the wrong presentation with her and frightened her. 1987 J. A. Cloake Mod. Hist. Man. (BNC) 21 Your main task here is to separate the content from the presentation. 1993 Gibbons Stamp Monthly Jan. 44/2 The designs..were described as a ‘hotchpotch..the whole series suffering from a complete lack of consistency of style, purpose and presentation’. 2004 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. 5 His wife liked extravagant presentation and was easier to impress. d. Broadcasting. (a) The action or an instance of presenting a programme, by announcing or introducing the various items. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > [noun] > action of specific type of broadcaster commentating1939 presentation1941 newsreading1951 1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 26 Programme presentation. (1) Action of presenting a sequence of programmes by means of a framework of microphone announcements... (2) Framework of microphone announcements in a sequence of programmes, its purpose being to supply continuity, to link programmes together, and to attract listeners. 1942 Times 20 Oct. 1/7 Well-educated young man..desires change of position of responsibility: wide experience of radio presentation. 1968 Radio Times 28 Nov. 23/3 Television presentation by Nick Hunter. 1978 Listener 7 Dec. 762/4 The business of neat, informative presentation. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Oct. b5/5 As a result the daffy presentation of the show..risks introducing the opposite idea: that the string [theory] ideas are all wet. (b) Short for presentation department n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > people involved in television production > presentation department presentation department1954 presentation1974 1974 Some Techn. Terms & Slang (Granada Television) Presentation, the department within Granada responsible for shape and coordination of the daily programme schedule. 2005 Times (Nexis) 2 Nov. 11 When we were Broadcasting and Presentation we were known as B & P. 6. a. The action of presenting something to the mind or to mental perception; a description or statement; the setting forth of an idea, point of view, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] declaration1340 propositionc1390 presentmentc1454 unsecretness1526 advancement1532 representation1553 upgiving1574 pronouncement1593 presentation1597 proposal1597 declarement1633 pronounce1641 enunciation1651 declaring1667 advance1699 declarature1729 statement1776 stating1780 constatation1952 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] descrivingc1325 declaration1382 descriptiona1387 devisementc1400 descrying1440 presentmentc1454 describing1553 delineation1578 display1583 presentation1597 representationa1602 diction1604 characterism1608 deciphera1670 characterization1801 redescription1839 descriptivism1935 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 175 This new presentation of Christ not before their eyes but within their soules. 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 283 I have not further to trouble y^r Excell^cy then w^t the presentation of my reall desires to serve you. 1767 P. Silvester Let. 9 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 967 We did not care to give them up until we had your positive orders after a true presentation of affairs. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm x. 302 In the Bible, there are no scientific presentations of the body of divinity. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. xlviii. 447 To combat false doctrine..by the presentation of the counter truth. 1907 Hibbert Jrnl. July 927 His presentations of the orthodox case are sometimes the merest travesties of what educated opponents really hold. 1987 Pretoria News 17 June 1 Curtailment of certain reports may lead to an incomplete presentation of the events of the day. †b. The action of representing something directly to the mind or thought. Cf. presentive adj. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue v. 197 The letter A once was a picture, and it represented a bull's head... It began in presentation and has reached a state of symbolism. 7. a. Obstetrics. The orientation of a particular part of the fetus towards the mouth of the uterus; the position and orientation of the fetus in relation to the mouth of the uterus. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the part which presents (present v. 8b(b)).breech, face-, vertex presentation: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > presentation presentation1743 1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. II. clii. 213 Whoever prudently considers this dangerous and difficult Presentation [L. situ] of the Fœtus..will readily conceive in what manner the Infant is to be turned. 1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 195 The presentation of the head was always deemed the most natural. 1795 M. Stephen Domestic Midwife 48 What clearly discovers the breech presentation, is the discharge of the meconium, when the membranes break. 1842 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1849) I. 512/1 [With lambs] the presentation is sometimes made with the hind-feet foremost. 1851 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (ed. 3) 121 Discriminating marks of a Head Presentation. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 606/2 The second stage of labor was prolonged because of a breech presentation; there was difficulty in delivering the enlarged aftercoming head. 1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ii. 88 Cephalic presentations are less favourable the less flexed the head. b. The action of placing something, or condition of being placed, in a particular direction or position with respect to something else or to an observer; the mode in which a thing is presented or presents itself. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > [noun] standing?c1400 situationa1484 setting?1523 disposition?1541 position1556 collocation1605 posture1605 standa1684 lie1697 lay1819 presentation1833 sit1857 gisement1864 orientation1875 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xi. 349 A presentation of the one planet to the other in conjunction, in a variety of situations, tends to produce compensation. 1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 205 Among them occurs every variety..of oblique presentation from a plane passing..edgeways thro' the eye of the spectator to one perpendicular to the visual line. 1881 T. W. Webb in Nature 10 Nov. 38/2 The Earl of Rosse..finds a narrow ray on either side, making..a singular resemblance to Saturn with a very thin presentation of the ring. 2000 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 4 Nov. 15 The shot was less than 100 yards, and the sideways presentation perfect... The little doe took one convulsive leap forward and dropped, shot through the heart. c. Angling. The action or an instance of casting a lure into the water; the manner in which this is done. Cf. present v. 8e. ΚΠ 1899 Forest &Stream 2 Sept. 188/1 Aside from the kind and size of the fly and the manner of its presentation, remains the question where one ought to fish. 1946 Waterloo (Iowa) Sunday Courier 23 June 27/3 Dainty flies..will take trout when the fish are feeding on the natural insects. The presentation must be correct too. 1990 Match Fishing Feb. 17/3 The wind was making presentation difficult so we moved. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. viii. 9/4 Since fishing for them [sc. bonefish] is done on shallow flats where a cast is not made until a fish is sighted, an angler has only seconds to make an extremely accurate presentation. 8. Metaphysics and Psychology. A particular form in which something is perceived by the mind; an object of cognitional consciousness, esp. a mental image, picture, etc., derived from perception of an object.By some authors restricted to perceptual, as opposed to conceptual, awareness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] presentmenta1842 presentation1849 perception1875 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > Lockianism > elements of idea1649 mode1671 reflection1690 presentmenta1842 presentation1849 infusion1857 1849 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 2) ii. 101 The impression which any object makes upon the mind may be called a Presentation. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic 1 Such acts are called Intuitions or Presentations; the former is the more generally received appellation. 1874 G. Lewes in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 691 The specific facts of feeling, perception, desire, will, &c., in so far as they are known, may on the whole be called Presentation (Vorstellung). 1884 J. Sully Outl. Psychol. vi. 152 The percept involves the immediate assurance of the presence of the whole object. Hence psychologists commonly speak of percepts in their totality as presentations. 1914 Mind 23 494 We may state the universal principle that there can no more be a judgement without an Objective than there can a presentation (Vorstellung) without an Object. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 771/2 A visual image..has spatio-temporal relationships with older presentations in consciousness. 1997 Philos. Q. 47 463 Kant's theory of..judgements of taste involves a presentation (Vorstellung) in which an object is ‘given’ to an experiencing subject. 9. Medicine. The (initial) appearance of a patient for medical attention; (also) the appearance or manifestation of a symptom, condition, etc.; the manner in which a disease initially manifests itself. Cf. present v. 11. ΚΠ 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children 59 376 (heading) Presentation of a spasmophilic newborn infant. 1968 Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 71 229 (title) Abdominal pain in a mixed adult African population: diagnosis on first presentation. 1976 Medicine 55 153 Three patients with benign lesions were asymptomatic on presentation. 1991 Lancet 9 Mar. 610/1 The presentation of meningococcal infection with a macular or maculopapular rash is well described in standard textbooks. 2005 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 152 1343 The combination of an unusual clinical presentation..and rapid response to penicillin therapy. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 4.) presentation binding n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun] antiquing1728 royal binding1808 Russia binding1817 gothique1818 half-binding1821 Roxburghe1839 paper cover1843 trade binding1874 tree-calf1879 Grolier1880 yapp1883 cloth-work1885 publisher's binding1885 tree-marble1885 treed calf1892 presentation binding1893 quarter leather1894 quarter calf1896 three-quarter binding1897 library binding1903 circuit-binding1909 publisher's cloth1911 quarter binding1912 loose back1923 open back1923 spring-back1923 spiral binding1949 1893 Times 19 Oct. 8/4 (advt.) Also in Presentation Binding, French morocco, gilt edges, &c. 1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 841 Books in presentation bindings. 1986 Rev. Eng. Stud. 37 390 The manuscript has the initials TM on both covers of its binding. If it belonged to Tobie Matthew it may be a presentation binding. presentation bowl n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > other specific prize glaivec1380 cupc1640 pewter1814 banner1840 presentation cup1844 blue ribbon1860 ribbon1860 shield1868 special1872 wager-cup1878 presentation bowl1896 rose bowl1970 quaich1971 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > bowl > specific types of bread bowl1622 lavel1658 tazza1824 mixing bowl1869 sebilla1875 presentation bowl1896 lekane1905 bell-crater1921 witch bowl1926 hanging-bowl1940 1896 Times 1 Aug. 14/8 (advt.) Presentation bowls and trays. 1973 L. Cooper Tea on Sunday ii. 30 Silver, some of it..presentation cups and bowls, shining behind shining glass doors. 1992 Amer. Anthropologist 94 265 Presentation bowls—sometimes newly turned, at other times ancient bowls repolished—were decorated with metal bands and ornate bases. presentation box n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > box for gift presentation box1857 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > to show contents to advantage presentation box1857 1857 Times 24 Dec. 9/4 It is evidently a presentation box; but the initials on the top of the box and the inscription on the inside of the lid have been erased. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 333/2 Alaska metal tableware set in a fancy presentation box. 2004 New Yorker 13 Dec. 53/2 A handsome presentation box is free with any of the showy parures (a necklace and earrings) at Sonar Gao Jewelers. presentation clock n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift of other specific item presentation clock1875 1875 Times 31 May 19/5 An elaborate presentation clock and candelabra by Howell and James, Regent-street. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night i. 17 A Presentation Clock was to be unveiled. 2001 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 16 Oct. 7 Ernie Wakelam..with his special presentation clock in recognition of 50 years loyal service. presentation cup n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > other specific prize glaivec1380 cupc1640 pewter1814 banner1840 presentation cup1844 blue ribbon1860 ribbon1860 shield1868 special1872 wager-cup1878 presentation bowl1896 rose bowl1970 quaich1971 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > one who wins a prize > awarded as prize presentation cup1844 1844 Times 9 Mar. 12/5 (advt.) A truly magnificent and costly assemblage of bijouterie..goblets, presentation cups, candlesticks, [etc.]. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 333 They came bearing a presentation cup of silver. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 28 June 20 The River Teign Rowing Club got involved with the ladies teams battling it out for a new presentation cup in a choppy seine boat race. presentation drawing n. ΚΠ 1931 Speculum 6 5 A beginning was made on the series of general plans at 1/8″=1′-0″ (1:96) which are to serve as the basis of the final presentation drawings. 1975 Country Life 20 Feb. 428 Among the drawings there are those, aptly christened by Johannes Wilde ‘presentation drawings’. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 66/3 If they were by Michelangelo one would call them presentation drawings. presentation pack n. ΚΠ 1935 Times 10 Dec. 9/5 (advt.) Send your greetings with VAT 69 in the Special Christmas presentation pack. 1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 9–15 Dec. 11/1 (advt.) Supplied in presentation pack with supply of BB shot. 1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 71/3 She wrote the text for the Brides presentation pack. presentation sword n. ΚΠ 1846 Racine (Wisconsin Territory) Advocate 18 Nov. They have likewise been manufacturing four other presentation swords designed for officers in the U.S. Army, of superior and costly finish. 1928 Geogr. Jrnl. 71 516 Here are stored all the Mir's treasures: presentation swords, gimcrack clocks, a set of Russian china crudely coloured. 1996 J. Robertson Sc. Ghost Stories (1998) xiii. 184 He..seized a large presentation sword that hung on the wall of the landing, unsheathed it and cautiously descended the stairs. presentation watch n. ΚΠ 1862 Harper's Mag. Aug. 33/2 The police captain in plain clothes, with a presentation watch in his pocket, attached to a presentational chain. 1931 M. Allingham Police at Funeral iv. 51 Presentation watch... The company gave him this watch. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. (Suppl.) 2/3 Swanson's range of watches do not leave out any member of the family and have a complete selection..right up to beautiful women's dress watches or 9ct gold presentation watches. b. (In sense 2b.) presentation dress n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > other ball-dress1710 presentation dress1836 party frock1858 tea-gown1878 semi-evening gown1891 little black frock1898 cocktail dress1921 cocktail frock1926 little black dress1928 practice dress1934 1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage III. xiv. 215 At her Majesty's drawing-room we particularly noticed the elegant presentation dress of the Hon. Lady Marscourt. 1896 Girl's Own Paper 12 Dec. 161/1 I was borne off to the Court Dressmaker to choose the..presentation dresses. 1963 Business Hist. Rev. 37 105 The spectacular presentation dress by Worth, worn by Mrs. Montgomery Sears at her presentation at the Court of St. James in June,1902, will be featured in solitary splendor in the Rotunda. presentation frock n. ΚΠ 1901 News Democrat (Uhrichsville Dennison, Ohio) (Electronic text) 18 Oct. There are certain stringent rules and regulations about presentation frocks to be worn at the court of St. James. a1908 B. Howard Aristocracy ii. 25 Mrs. Stockton and Miss Virginia Stockton were presented to the Queen this afternoon... We have asked a number of friends to drop in after dinner to see the ladies in their presentation frocks. 1932 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Thank Heaven Fasting i. i. 11 Her Presentation frock had a V-shaped neck. presentation gown n. ΚΠ 1888 Temple Bar Sept. 84 Am I dreaming waking dreams of pearls and presentation gowns..; of dances in great houses with handsome, light-heeled partners? 1895 Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 5/2 Presentation gown of white duchesse satin. 2004 Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser (Nexis) 17 Apr. f8 Making their debuts in white presentation gowns and elbow length gloves tonight will be: Torquoria Abner, daughter of Valerie and Shederick Abner; [etc.]. c. (In sense 5d.) presentation assistant n. ΚΠ 1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 24 Presentation Assistant (abbrev. P.A.), Broadcasting official immediately responsible for the smooth running of a sequence of programmes, and hence for co-ordinating the activities of programme producers, announcers, and engineers directed to that end. 1965 Musical Times 106 549/2 (advt.) BBC Radio requires senior Music Presentation Assistant on 2-year contract to be responsible for directing and co-ordinating music presentation activities on those networks broadcasting serious music. 2005 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 26 Mar. 13 Presentation assistants John Trouse and Debbie Herbert. presentation studio n. ΚΠ 1960 B.B.C. Handbk. 40 It [sc. the Television Centre] will provide the service with..seven major production and two presentation studios. 1984 Times 27 Feb. 10/1 After consultation, REW converted the top floor of his Soho production company into a compact presentation studio and edit suite. presentation suite n. ΚΠ 1957 Times 28 Aug. p. ix/1 Between two of the studios there will be a multi-storey 'wedge' in which the central control and apparatus rooms, and the telecine and presentation suites, will be sited. 1974 B.B.C. Handbk. 1975 264/2 The Television Centre houses separate presentation suites incorporating network control rooms, and studios for announcements and weather forecasts. C2. presentation copy n. a copy of a book presented as a gift, esp. in recognition of assistance given to the author or as a token of esteem. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > books intended as gifts or prizes presentation copy1753 prize book1798 souvenir1798 reward book1801 leaving book1829 gift-book1834 1753 T. Osborne Catal. Libr. Dr. Cromwell Mortimer I. 516 Divine Poesy dedicated to Henry King, Lord bishop Elect of Chichester (the Original Presentation Copy) MSS. 5s. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VII. lxii. 406 There are few living authors of whose works presentation copies are not to be found here. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 524/2 There is also a presentation copy of Boswell's ‘Life of Johnson’, a first edition in boards, and Sheridan's copy with a rare cancelland. 2005 Australian (Nexis) 25 June 2 A lifetime's collection of manuscripts and books, many of them presentation copies signed by the authors..were boxed up ready to go. presentation day n. a day on which a ceremonial presentation is made. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > special day or week Le day1574 commencement day1606 Show Sunday1825 class day1833 presentation day1843 June Week1889 spirit week1923 1843 E. P. Belden Sketches Yale Coll. 131 A short time previous to ‘Presentation Day’—the day when the Senior class leaves the Institution. [Note] At the middle of the third term..certificates are presented by the Faculty to the Corporation recommending those who have passed a satisfactory examination as worthy of degree. This gave rise to the term ‘Presentation Day’. 1923 Musical Times 64 422/2 The College Orchestra again provided the music on the occasion of Presentation Day of the University of London, when two College students, William Lovelock and George M. Moore, were ‘presented’ for their Mus. B. degree. 1983 Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner 8 Aug. 1/2 Wednesday is the big competition day... Thursday will be presentation day. presentation department n. Broadcasting a department which supervises the presenting of programmes (see quot. 1978). ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > people involved in television production > presentation department presentation department1954 presentation1974 1954 Musical Times 95 480/1 It is, however, time that the presentation department imparted to its members the right way to pronounce ‘Giovanni’ or ‘Gioconda’ when announcing the operas in which these names occur. 1978 A–Z of BBC (ed. 2) 163/1 Presentation Department is editorially responsible for supervising the transmission operation; for promoting programmes on the screen; for network identification..; for programme announcements and public service information,..; and for running the Television Duty Office. 2002 Televisual (Nexis) 3 May 37 His career began at the BBC back in 62 and, after a short stay in the presentation department, he moved to entertainment. presentation plate n. (a) a bookplate; (b) silverware presented as a gift or trophy; a decorated (commemorative) plate which may be given as a gift. ΚΠ 1829 Times 30 June 9/5 (advt.) This day is published, in foolscap 8vo. with coloured Presentation Plate, price 5s. in extra boards, The Anthology; an Annual Record Book for Youth. 1854 B. Hale Let. 27 Sept. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 149 The thanks of the east Grinstead public will be conferred upon the Directors, but I don't think I shall receive a piece of presentation plate. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xviii. 160 That immense sideboard loaded with presentation plate. 1955 Amer. Q. 7 345 Published annually these volumes were presented to one's friends and family at Christmas, often with the names of the giver and receiver elaborately inscribed on a presentation plate provided for that purpose. 1990 Country Homes June 150/4 (advt.) Quality house plaques & presentation plates. 1997 NOVEL: Forum on Fiction 30 157 The Birthday Book uses literature to cement girls' friendships because its presentation plate labels it a gift and its blank spaces invite them to exchange signatures. presentation silver n. †(a) money given to a distributor or bearer of gifts (obsolete); (b) silverware presented as a gift or trophy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in silver > articles silvera1400 presentation silver1511 silver-work1535 silver plate1610 silverware1862 1511 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 311 To the maister cuik for presentation silvir. 1890 Times 14 Aug. 1/4 Valuation of Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, and other Jewellery, also old Silver Plate, Presentation Silver Antique Silver, &c. or the same purchased for cash if desired. 1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 40 Here on shelves was presentation silver..for Rob was the best bicycle champion Holland had had. 2001 Winterthur Portfolio 36 61/1 New York municipal presentation silver, signifies abundance and lavishness. presentation value n. rare the value of a particular fact presented to public opinion or knowledge. ΚΠ 1889 Liddon in Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/2 The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus had a mystical side and aspect over and above their presentation value as events in the world's history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1325
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