"PowerPoint" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PowerPoint
  1. A software package from Microsoft used to make slideshow presentations. Categories (topical): Computing, Microsoft Derived forms: death by PowerPoint, PowerPointer, PowerPointlessness, PowerPoint ranger, PPT
    Sense id: en-PowerPoint-en-name-tvJDX3tY Disambiguation of Computing: 44 26 11 10 10 Disambiguation of Microsoft: 54 36 3 3 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 26 4 26 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 25 10 26 3

Noun

Forms: PowerPoints [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PowerPoint (plural PowerPoints)
  1. An electronic slide presentation created using the program Microsoft PowerPoint.
    Sense id: en-PowerPoint-en-noun-Tlv5iK5o

Verb

Forms: PowerPoints [present, singular, third-person], PowerPointing [participle, present], PowerPointed [participle, past], PowerPointed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} PowerPoint (third-person singular simple present PowerPoints, present participle PowerPointing, simple past and past participle PowerPointed)
  1. (intransitive) To communicate using electronic slides. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-PowerPoint-en-verb-dbA~nzt5
  2. (transitive) To present (a topic) by means of electronic slides. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-PowerPoint-en-verb-LRwVHixx
  3. (transitive) To communicate to (an audience) by electronic slides. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-PowerPoint-en-verb-I3iFs8ka

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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