present arms Definition

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verb presented, presenting

1. To give or award something, especially formally or ceremonially.

Example: presented them with gold medals
Thesaurus: give, furnish, grant, award, bestow, confer, hand over, extend, donate, entrust, tender.
2. To introduce (a person), especially formally.
3. To introduce or compère (a TV or radio show).

Thesaurus: display, mount, exhibit, show, stage, produce.
4. To stage (a play), show (a film), etc.
5. To offer something for consideration; to submit.

Thesaurus: suggest, proffer, put forth, pose, advance, raise, offer.
6. To pose; to set.

Example: shouldn't present any problem
7. Said of an idea: to suggest (itself).
8. To hand over (a cheque) for acceptance or (a bill) for payment.
9. To set out something.

Example: presents her work neatly
10. To depict or represent something or someone.
11. To put on (a specified appearance) in public.
12. To offer (one's compliments) formally.
13. To hold (a weapon) in aiming position. See also present arms below.
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14a. medicine.
To report to a doctor with certain symptoms or signs;
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14b. medicine.
Said of an illness, disease, etc: to manifest.
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15. obstetrics.
Said of a baby's head or buttocks in childbirth: to be in a position to emerge first.

Idiom: present arms

To hold a rifle or other weapon vertically in front of one as a salute.

Idiom: present oneself

To appear in person.

Etymology: 13c: from French presenter, from Latin praesentare to place before.