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presentation

pre·sen·ta·tion/ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/noun

presentation is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N: 12 letters and 4 syllables (pre·sen·ta·tion). It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, presentation means “The act of presenting, or something presented” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of presentation is presentations.

How many letters and syllables are in presentation?

Letters12: P-R-E-S-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N
Syllables4: pre·sen·ta·tion
In writing20 times per million words; the 4,224th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is presentation?

Presentation appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce presentation?

  • US /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
  • US /ˌpɹizn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
  • /pɹisɛnˈteɪʃən/

Presentation has 4 syllables, split pre·sen·ta·tion in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-presentation.wav, En-us-presentation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with presentation?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as presentation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃn/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of presentation

  • presentations plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does presentation mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The act of presenting, or something presented.

  2. 2

    The outward appearance or representation of a person or thing to the human mind.

    Listen, James...with the ways that you speak, dress, and comport yourself, is it any wonder to you that your presentation to young ladies as a possible mate is , to say the least, lacking?

  3. 3

    A dramatic performance.

  4. 4

    An award given to someone on a special occasion.

  5. 5

    Money given as a wedding gift.

  6. 6

    A lecture or speech given in front of an audience.

  7. 7

    A slideshow created on a computer.

  8. 8

    The symptoms, signs, and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician.

    The presentation of the thirty-four-year-old male in the emergency room was slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate presentation?

Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of presentation: pres, pres..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Presentation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanDarstellung, Ausdruck, Präsentierung, Darreichung, Präsentation (act of presenting), Vortrag (something presented to an audience)
Spanishpresentación, exposición (act of presenting), ponencia (something presented to an audience)
Frenchexposé, présentation, conférence (something presented to an audience)
Portugueseapresentação (something presented to an audience)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does presentation come from?

From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”). Morphologically present + -ation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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