powerpointEtymologyFrom PowerPoint, trademarked brand of presentation software.powerpoint means A software package from Microsoft used to make slideshow presentations. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nameA software package from Microsoft used to make slideshow presentations.“Proficiency in PowerPoint continues to be required for almost every office job.”nounAn electronic slide presentation created using the program Microsoft PowerPoint.“PowerPoint presentation”Any electronic slide presentation.“She's asked James to prepare a PowerPoint for tomorrow's lesson.”An electronic slide presentation.“The powerpoint shows the same model type of the Mitsubishi train, Crystal Mover, being run in Singapore's light rail transit.”verbTo communicate using electronic slides.“A recent editorial and tips in this journal have extolled the virtues of making clear presentations using computer presentation software, in particular the commercial software PowerPoint (Microsoft, Redmond, WA). AJR readers may be interested to know that free software packages are available that can create professional presentations without furthering our national dependence on a software monopol”To present (a topic) by means of electronic slides.“Do they tell a person (as happens in one corporation) that they won't look at any report unless it is “PowerPointed”?”To communicate to (an audience) by electronic slides.“She says the audience has had a long day and has been "PowerPointed out" with one presentation after another from other Oracle executives”