entity

3 definitions found

entity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Entity \En"ti*ty\, n.; pl. Entities. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens,
     entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit['e].
     See Essence, Is.]
     A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or
     in fact; being; essence; existence.
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           Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
                                                    --Shairp.
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           Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative
           signification.                           --Bentley.
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entity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  entity
      n 1: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its
           own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

entity - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "entity":
     an existence, article, being, body, creature, critter, ens,
     entelechy, esse, essence, existence, existent, individual, integer,
     integral, integrate, item, life, material, materiality, matter,
     module, monad, object, occurrence, organism, person, persona,
     personality, point, presence, quantity, quiddity, quintessence,
     single, singleton, something, soul, stuff, subsistence, substance,
     substantiality, sum, system, thing, totality, unit