Entity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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