PUBLIC PRESENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public presentation mean? 

• PUBLIC PRESENTATION (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC PRESENTATION has 1 sense:

1. a dramatic or musical entertainment

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC PRESENTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC PRESENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dramatic or musical entertainment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

performance; public presentation

Context example:

the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity

Hypernyms ("public presentation" is a kind of...):

show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)

Meronyms (parts of "public presentation"):

coda; finale (the closing section of a musical composition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public presentation"):

act; bit; number; routine; turn (a short performance that is part of a longer program)

benefit (a performance to raise money for a charitable cause)

concert (a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging)

pianism (performance by or technique of a pianist)

play reading (performance of a play by a group of readers)

premiere (the first public performance of a play or movie)

recital (performance of music or dance especially by soloists)

rendering; rendition (a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.)

song and dance (theatrical performance combining singing and dancing)

histrionics; representation; theatrical; theatrical performance (a performance of a play)

spectacular (a lavishly produced performance)

world premiere ((music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world)