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noun as in performance; something given, displayed

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appearance , delivery , demonstration , display , introduction , offering , production , proposal , reception , show , submission

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act , arrangement , award , bestowal , conferral , debut , donation , exhibition , exposition , giving , investiture , knockdown , launch , launching , overture , pitch , present , proposition , remembrance , rendition , representation , spiel , staging

Weak matches

coming out , delivering , dog and pony show , sales pitch

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Look no further than those execs who have sat through online presentations outlining a more inclusive workplace only to have to go back to working in teams where they’re made to feel different.

The day of the presentation comes, and the ecommerce team gathers around, continuously nodding along with each slide.

In the questions-and-answer presentation on Wednesday, Palantir did not address the issue of voting power.

For repurposing, you can use four different formats, which are – video series, infographics, podcasts, and presentations.

This presentation will explain the ins and outs of the process as well as the need for older children who are looking for a home as well.

We were scoring it like the Olympics: presentation, technique.

Bogucki includes the leaflet in a Powerpoint presentation he has developed.

Her biggest surprise, she said, was realizing how much presentation and technical points mattered.

That may be partially because The Big Lebowski is their most nihilistic presentation.

One of the hottest tickets at the 2014 edition of Comic-Con, the annual nerd mecca in San Diego, was the Marvel presentation.

You were obliging enough to ask me to accept a presentation copy of your verses.

Nor was ever a better presentation made of the essential program of socialism.

After the presentation of the Great Southern case our Bill was heard and all the opposition.

The presentation of the Railway case and the rebutting evidence did not begin till all the public witnesses had been heard.

Furthermore, a note is payable on demand when it is thus stated, or is payable at sight or on presentation.

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Words related to presentation are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word presentation . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in outward aspect, characteristic

• countenance

noun as in coming into sight

• actualization
• introduction
• manifestation
• materialization
• representation

noun as in prize or reward

• adjudication
• distinction
• feather in cap
• scholarship

noun as in start of an event or action

• commencement
• inauguration
• installation
• origination
• point of departure
• starting point

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On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to presentation, such as: appearance, delivery, demonstration, display, introduction, and offering.

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Synonyms of presentations

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Synonyms & Similar Words

• contributions
• benevolences
• benefactions
• generosities
• care packages
• beneficences
• remembrances
• philanthropies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peace offerings

Thesaurus Entries Near presentations

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presentations

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Synonyms for presentation ˌprɛz ənˈteɪ ʃən, ˌpri zɛn- pre·sen·ta·tion, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word presentation ., complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votes, presentation.

Synonyms: introduction , exhibition , offer , delivery , gift , donation , bestowal , grant , endowment

Antonyms: withdrawal , removal , concealment , suppression , retention , withholding , refusal , nonpresentation

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• presentation noun

the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)

"she gave the trophy but he made the presentation"

Synonyms: introduction , intro , presentment , display , demonstration

presentation, presentment, demonstration noun

a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

"the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"

Synonyms: presentment , intro , notification , manifestation , display , demonstration , demo , monstrance , introduction

the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it

"he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"

the act of presenting a proposal

display, presentation noun

a visual representation of something

Synonyms: exhibit , showing , intro , presentment , video display , display , demonstration , introduction , show

presentation, introduction, intro noun

formally making a person known to another or to the public

Synonyms: foundation , first appearance , intro , display , debut , presentment , launching , creation , intromission , institution , entry , founding , innovation , initiation , instauration , demonstration , origination , introduction , insertion , unveiling

(obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal

"Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations"

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Synonyms: introduction

Synonyms: exhibition , representation , setting forth

Synonyms: bestowal , donation , giving

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List of paraphrases for "presentation":

submission , introduction , briefing , format , presentación , submitting , presentations , presenting , présentation , explanatory , exposed , statement , tabling , filing , display , exposure , submissions , presented , layout , exposé , presentment , remission , enhancement , lecture , submitted , lodging , submit , exhibition , nomination , show , presenter , lay-out

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The presentation ceremony was n’t what it could have been, i sat next to Roberto and did what I could to console him. There’s video of me patting him on the leg. I felt no elation, nothing like you ’d expect from winning the biggest tournament of your life. It was awkward. It was tragic for Roberto, but it was equally unfortunate for me.

Ralph Waldo Emerson :

Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges, vellum and morocco, all the presentation copies to all the libraries will not preserve a book in circulation beyond its intrinsic date.

Tom Shimabukuro :

The important thing to note here is the initial features are largely kind of nonspecific symptoms, which at initial presentation -- or when a patient starts to become symptomatic -- may seem kind of mild and not that clinically significant -- things like headaches, lethargy, chills, myalgia, later features include severe headache, some focal signs, in one case severe abdominal pain, bruising, swelling in the lower extremities.

We are concerned with your overall format and presentation of the non-GAAP measures and believe revisions to your future earnings releases and investor materials are appropriate.

Jim Keenan :

After I finished my presentation.

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• " she gave the trophy but he made the presentation "
• " the act of presenting something to sight or view "
• " the presentation of new data "
• " he gave the customer a demonstration "
• presentment an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative ; a document that must be accepted and paid by another person ; a show or display
• demonstration a show or display; a show of military force or preparedness; a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion ; a visual presentation showing how something works
• " presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it "
• " he prepared his presentation carefully in advance "
• display to show, make visible or apparent; attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; something intended to communicate a particular impression; something shown to the public; a visual representation of something ; behavior that makes your feelings public; exhibiting openly in public view; an electronic device that represents information in visual form
• introduction the act of beginning something new; the first section of a communication ; formally making a person known to another or to the public ; a basic or elementary instructional text ; a new proposal; the act of putting one thing into another ; the act of starting something for the first time
• intro formally making a person known to another or to the public ; a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
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A fun presentation idea uses a lighthearted tone and positive message to give people the facts they want surrounding a given topic. These types of presentations often work best using visuals such as charts, graphs, photographs and software to make them more engaging and entertaining. Fun topics should inform and not persuade an audience or give the speaker’s opinion.

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Fun presentation ideas about health can focus on a number of aspects of healthy living including fitness, weight loss and food. Informative topics about fitness can address choosing a personal trainer, picking the right exercise class, mixing up a workout and finding the best gym. In topics about weight loss, speakers can give a fun presentation about choosing the right diet plan, seeing a doctor to start the process and lowering the body’s cholesterol levels. Food topics can include shopping for healthy groceries, cooking healthy meals, eating more vegetables and choosing organic products. Many health topics use so-called “doctor speak” that use technical and complicated health language; speakers should avoid using these types of words and phrases and make the presentation more conversational.

Travel topics make fun presentations because they get people thinking about vacation. Fun presentation ideas include visiting a foreign country, looking for the best deals and choosing a family resort. Topics about visiting overseas can address the best countries to visit, times of the year to go, types of places to eat and courses to take in foreign languages. Fun topics about travel deals can focus on using the Internet to book a last minute trip, searching for the best travel agent and squeezing the most out of a vacation budget. In looking for family resorts, presenters can address topics such as visiting amusement parks and historical landmarks. Fun presentations also work best with photographs and brochures to give to those listening.

The words economy and fun might not go together, but if it involves saving money, it makes a great presentation. Topics about clipping coupons, shopping consignment, making clothes, looking online for the best deals, choosing the best used car and looking for the best stocks can all make great presentations. Topics can also include starting a home-based business and saving money on a phone or cable bills. These types of topics can sometimes use a lot of numbers and statistics, but presenters can make them easy to understand by using fun charts and graphs with pictures and creative ideas.

A fun presentation on a number of media topics can range from books and television to movies. Provide a presentation on how to choose the right e-book or the hottest romance novels, the best true crime fiction and even how to write a children’s book. Fun television topics can address TV’s best dramas, reality shows, cable talk programs, soap operas and cartoons. For movie presentations, discuss the best actors, awards shows and the all-time greatest comedies, love stories or true-life films. Topics about the best music to come from either television or radio also make a fun presentation as well.

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Alex Barski began writing professionally in 2006. He is a former television news reporter now working in news management and has written for regional magazines and business journals in Pennsylvania. Barski has also served as a college professor, teaching courses in mass media and writing. He has a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications and English from King's College.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Netflix series Baby Reindeer .

In his one-man play-turned-hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer , Scottish comedian Richard Gadd recounts the harrowing true story of how his experience with being stalked forced him to confront a buried trauma.

Playing a fictionalized version of himself named Donny Dunn, Gadd unpacks the years-long stalking and harassment campaign he endured at the hands of a middle-aged woman he refers to by the pseudonym Martha (played with a chilling intensity by Jessica Gunning) while struggling to make it as a stand-up and writer in London. As is depicted in the show, the stalking began in the wake of Gadd being groomed, repeatedly sexually assaulted, and raped by an older male TV industry mentor (named Darrien in the show and played by Tom Goodman-Hill)—an ordeal that left him reeling emotionally, questioning his sexuality, and wrestling with extreme self-loathing. Still, Gadd doesn't shy away from his own complicity in what transpired with Martha, frequently painting himself in a negative light as the story unfolds over the course of seven episodes.

“It would be unfair to say she was an awful person and I was a victim. That didn’t feel true,” he told The Guardian in 2019 following the sold-out inaugural run of the Baby Reindeer play. "I did loads of things wrong and made the situation worse. I wasn’t a perfect person [back then], so there’s no point saying I was."

When Gadd debuted his one-man show at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it had been two years since he had seen or heard from Martha. Three years earlier, while the stalking was still in full swing, he had won the festival's top prize for his comedy show Monkey See, Monkey Do , which explored his experience as a survivor of sexual violence. The Baby Reindeer Netflix series, which is currently at number two on the streamer's most-watched charts following its release last week, is an amalgam of the two stage shows.

"It felt like a risky thing—to do a 'warts and all' version of the story where I held my hands up to the mistakes I had made with Martha," Gadd wrote in a piece that accompanied the show's debut . "The foolish flirting. The cowardly excuses as to why we could not be together. Not to mention the themes of internalized prejudice and sexual shame that underpinned it all. The graphic details of the drugging and grooming and sexual violence I had experienced only a few years before...But equally I could not shy away from the truth of what had happened to me. This was a messy, complicated situation. But one that needed to be told, regardless."

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What happened with Martha?

Similar to how the show begins, Gadd has said that the stalking started after he gave Martha a free cup of tea when she came into the London pub where he was working in 2015. “At first everyone at the pub thought it was funny that I had an admirer,” he told The Times . "Then she started to invade my life, following me, turning up at my gigs, waiting outside my house, sending thousands of voicemails and emails."

Over the next four and a half years, Gadd recounts that Martha sent him 41,071 emails, 350 hours' worth of voicemails, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook messages, 106 pages of letters, and a variety of strange gifts. Every email that appears in the Netflix series is a message that Gaad received in real life. She also harassed a number of people who were close to Gaad, including his parents and a trans woman (named Teri in the show and played by Nava Mau) whom he had begun dating shortly before the stalking began.

When Gadd tried to go to the police, he discovered that the laws surrounding harassment and abuse are, in his own words, "so stupid." Despite the fact that the show presents Martha as having been previously convicted on similar charges, Gadd was told he needed concrete evidence of direct threats for authorities to take any action.

"They look for black and white, good and evil, and that’s not how it works," he told The Independent . "You can really affect someone’s life within the parameters of legality, and that is sort of mad."

How do things stand today?

In the show, Martha ultimately receives a nine-month prison sentence and five-year restraining order for stalking Donny. In real life, Gaad has never disclosed the details of how the situation was resolved beyond the fact that he had "mixed feelings" about it.

"I can’t emphasize enough how much of a victim she is in all this," he told The Independent . "Stalking and harassment is a form of mental illness. It would have been wrong to paint her as a monster, because she’s unwell, and the system’s failed her."

As for how Gaad's sexual assault has continued to impact his life, the finale culminates in a closing sequence in which Donny shows up at Darrien's home to confront him only to accept an offer to work on his new show instead. A distressed Donny then finds himself at a bar where he is offered a drink on the house in a moment that flips his first interaction with Martha on its head.

"I think that was almost the most truthful scene of the entire show. What abuse does is it creates psychological damage as well as physical damage," Gadd told GQ . "There’s a pattern where a lot of people who have been abused feel like they need their abusers. I don’t think it was a cynical ending, it was showing an element of abuse that hadn’t been seen on television before, which is, unfortunately, the deeply entrenched, negative, psychological effects of attachment you can sometimes have with your abuser."

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So far, the biggest mystery of the new 'Jinx' is: What's the mystery?

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The Jinx was interesting because murderer Robert Durst was a gruesomely fascinating interview subject. The Jinx – Part Two falters without his involvement. HBO hide caption

The Jinx was interesting because murderer Robert Durst was a gruesomely fascinating interview subject. The Jinx – Part Two falters without his involvement.

HBO's The Jinx , which aired in 2015 (yes, nine years ago), was a huge contributor to the true-crime boom in television and audio. It came out the same year as Netflix's Making a Murderer and only a few months after the first season of the podcast Serial . Few later attempts have been as successful, though, because they lack The Jinx 's secret weapon: the participation of the extraordinarily strange, compulsively talkative, and now deceased subject, Robert Durst.

The first 'Jinx' ended with a hot mic murder admission. 'Part Two' shocks as well

The story of the docuseries goes like this: Durst had long been suspected in both the disappearance of his wife, Kathie, in 1982 and the shooting death of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000. He had admitted shooting his neighbor, Morris Black, in 2001 but was acquitted by a jury on a theory of self-defense. For reasons known only to himself, Durst chose to live out his life as an ultrawealthy real estate tycoon, but also to sit for long interviews with director Andrew Jarecki for The Jinx to discuss the alleged crimes.

These interviews were what made The Jinx so compelling. Durst could not stop himself from talking, even when staying silent was obviously in his best interests. This extended to a hot-mic incident that Jarecki treated as a bombshell confession, even though it turned out to be a bit more complicated than that . The day before the finale aired, Durst was arrested for the murder of Berman, based in part on evidence that the documentarians had uncovered and provided to law enforcement. This follow-up series essentially covers his trial and the time leading up to it. But it, too, lacks the punch that Durst's presence offered the original.

Millionaire Robert Durst Was In HBO's 'The Jinx.' It Led To His Murder Conviction

There are some things about the self-referential nature of this second chapter that are a little unpleasant. The Jinx is now part of the story of Durst's life after his arrest. The filmmakers show some footage of the series finale viewing party they held in 2015 for (among others) the family of the disappeared first wife Durst is suspected of having killed. We watch their (apparent) relief and gratitude when the "confession" is played. Not shown: the incident reported in The New York Times in which another guest at the same party (Rosie O'Donnell, for whatever reason) immediately demanded to know why the filmmakers would have withheld this evidence from law enforcement to use it as the kicker to the show, a question that played out in the press as well, along with some other tough questions about the making of The Jinx . But the way the viewing party is shown in Part Two , nobody felt anything but vindicated and thankful.

Robert Durst, who was featured in HBO's The Jinx, got life in prison for murder

It seems questionable to set up a viewing party for a putative victim's family and film their reaction to your big reveal about her murder, and a bit sketchy to omit parts where people weren't sure you were doing the good deed you think you were doing.

Ethically, those things raise some questions. But as television, the biggest problem with the episodes HBO provided to critics (four out of what will eventually be six) is that they're pretty boring. Without Durst's involvement (it seems that he finally stopped participating in documentary-making after he was arrested and died shortly after his conviction), the series often seems to be grasping for revelations. It's also heavily reliant on reenactments, which aren't particularly visually interesting and look a lot like every other true-crime reenactment on TV.

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The third episode is the best of the four; without spoiling it, it sheds a bit of additional light on the back story, if you're still looking for it. But what The Jinx – Part Two reveals is that The Jinx was interesting because while Durst might be a murderer, he was also a gruesomely fascinating interview subject. While there's tape here of phone calls from when he was incarcerated, and sometimes you get those "Bob being Bob" moments, the mesmerizing aspects of the original are not there.

There's no telling what might come in the final two episodes; perhaps they have more to say, and that's why they were held back from critics. The big revelations in The Jinx came in the last two episodes, after all. But in the meantime, this feels like a mystery show in search of a mystery, a true crime series with limited truths to share.

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