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presentment

/pɹiˈzentmənt/pree-ZENT-muhnt
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/pɹiˈzɛntmənt/pree-ZENT-muhnt

Meaningthe act of presenting

Common meaning: a formal statement or report, especially in law

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‘before’ + ‘being’ → presentment

Journey through time

  1. Latinpraesens‘being at hand’source
  2. Frenchpresent‘present’source
  3. Englishpresent‘here now’
  4. Englishformed in English from presentpresentment‘a formal statement or report, especially in law’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from present + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PRESENT, p.465 · scan

Roots

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