Meaning of entity | Babel Free
ˈɛn.tɪ.tiDefinitions
- That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
- That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form
- The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
- The existence of something considered apart from its properties
- Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.
- Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type
- The state or quality of being or existence.
- The state or quality of being or existence
- A spirit, ghost, or the like.
- A spirit, ghost, or the like
- An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
Equivalents
Examples
“The organisational and administrative tasks involved in welding the railways into a single entity have⟳ also received much publicity.”
“It is also pertinent to note⟳ that the current obvious decline⟳ in work⟳ on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study⟳ as living entities.”
“Weinersmith, who is best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, describes the polystate as a geopolitical entity in which multiple overlapping states exist⟳ — but each “state” consists of citizens who have⟳ agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state; typical geographically-bound nations, or traditional “geostates”, would be replaced by “polystates”, which are collections of “anthrostates”.”
“The monitor⟳ overseeing the Trump Organization’s finances wrote in its latest report⟳ that Donald Trump’s company intends to create⟳ 25 new entities for products or hotel licensing deals.”
“The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.”
“[B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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