presentation [prez-uhn-tey-shuhn, pree-zen-] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
presentation [prez-uhn-tey-shuhn, pree-zen-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: performance; something given, displayed
Synonyms: act, appearance, arrangement, award, bestowal, coming out, conferral, debut, delivering, delivery, demonstration, display, dog and pony show, donation, exhibition, exposition, giving, introduction, investiture, knockdown, launch, launching, offering, overture, pitch, present, production, proposal, proposition, reception, remembrance, rendition, representation, sales pitch, show, staging, submission
Main Entry: appearance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outward aspect, characteristic
Synonyms: air, attitude, bearing, blind, carriage, cast, character, condition, countenance, demeanor, dress, expression, face, fashion, feature, figure, form, front, guise, image, look, looks, manner, mannerism, mien, mode, outline, pose, presence, presentation, screen, semblance, shape, stamp
Main Entry: award
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prize or reward
Synonyms: accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict
Notes: an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts
Example Sentences
  • Iowans will take their presentation home to celebrate their sesquicentennial of statehood.
  • You've practiced your big presentation a thousand times.
  • The actress comes in and coaches me in body language, presentation style, and public speaking.
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Main Entry: beginning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: start of an event or action
Synonyms: alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top
Antonyms: completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination
Main Entry: debut
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: first public appearance
Synonyms: admission, appearance, beginning, bow, coming out, coming out party, entrance, entree, first step, graduating, graduation, inauguration, incoming, initiation, introduction, launching, opener, presentation
Antonyms: closing, finale
Main Entry: declaration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assertion of belief or knowledge
Synonyms: acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, affirmation, allegation, announcement, answer, attestation, averment, avowal, bomb*, broadcast, communication, deposition, disclosure, enunciation, explanation, exposition, expression, hot air, information, notice, notification, oath, pitch, presentation, profession, promulgation, protestation, publication, remark, report, revelation, say so, saying, spiel*, statement, story, testimony, two cents' worth, utterance
Antonyms: denial, disavowal, retraction
Main Entry: demonstration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: display of proof
Synonyms: affirmation, confirmation, description, evidence, exhibition, explanation, exposition, expression, illustration, induction, manifestation, presentation, proof, show, spectacle, substantiation, test, testimony, trial, validation
Antonyms: concealment, hiding
Main Entry: display
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: public showing; spectacle
Synonyms: act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity
Antonyms: hiding
Main Entry: donation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gift
Synonyms: a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off
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