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presentation
A	noun
	1	presentation, presentment, demonstration
			a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚diversion; recreation ╚entertainment; amusement ╚show ╚presentation, presentment, demonstration ╚counterdemonstration ╚lecture demonstration ╚performance ╚exposure ╚exhibition
	2	presentation
			the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward); "she gave the trophy but he made the presentation"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚ceremony ╚presentation
	3	display, presentation
			a visual representation of something
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚display, presentation ╚visual display unit; VDU ╚spectacle ╚Snellen chart ╚float
	4	presentation
			(obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚bodily property ╚position; posture; attitude ╚presentation
	5	presentation
			the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it; "he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚visual communication ╚display ╚presentation ╚production ╚unveiling
	6	presentation
			the act of presenting a proposal
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚proposal; proposition ╚presentation ╚second reading ╚first reading
	7	presentation, introduction, intro
			formally making a person known to another or to the public
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚informing; making known ╚presentation, introduction, intro ╚reintroduction ╚debut

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