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en·ti·ty

(ĕn′tĭ-tē)

n. pl. en·ti·ties

1. Something that exists as a particular and discrete unit: Persons and corporations are equivalent entities under the law.

2. The fact of existence; being.

3. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.

[Medieval Latin entitās, from Latin ēns, ent-, present participle of esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]

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entity

(ˈɛntɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (Philosophy) something having real or distinct existence; a thing, esp when considered as independent of other things

2. existence or being

3. the essence or real nature

[C16: from Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns being; see ens]

entitative adj

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en•ti•ty

(ˈɛn tɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. something that has a real existence; thing.

2. something that exists as a distinct, independent, or self-contained unit.

3. being or existence, esp. when considered as distinct, independent, or self-contained.

[1590–1600; < Medieval Latin entitās= Latin enti-, s. of ēns (extracted from potēns potent¹ etc., as presumed present participle of esse to be) + -tās -ty²]

en′ti•ta`tive (-ˌteɪ tɪv) adj.

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Noun

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

physical entity - an entity that has physical existence

abstract entity, abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

thing - an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

entity

noun

1. thing, being, body, individual, object, presence, existence, substance, quantity, creature, organism the concept of the earth as a living entity

2. essential nature, being, existence, essence, quintessence, real nature, quiddity (Philosophy) key periods of national or cultural entity and development

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entity

noun

1. One that exists independently:

being, existence, existent, individual, object, something, thing.

2. An organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit:

integral, sum, system, totality, whole.

3. The fact or state of existing or of being actual:

actuality, being, existence, reality.

Translations

Entität

οντότητα

entité

entit...entità esistenza essenza

сущность

entity

[ˈentɪtɪ] N → entidad f
legal entity → persona f jurídica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

entity

[ˈɛntɪti] n → entité f
a separate entity → une entité distincte

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

entity

n → Wesen nt

legal entity → juristische Person; living entity → Lebewesen nt; as a separate entity → als ein eigenständiges Gebilde

(Comput) → Entität f, → Entity f (inf), → (separate) Informationseinheit

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entity

[ˈɛntɪtɪ] n → entità f inv

en·ti·ty

n. entidad, integridad, esencia o cualidad de algo.

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But entities subject only to physical laws, or only to psychological laws, are not neutral, and may be called respectively purely material and purely mental.

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And as to ideas, entities, abstractions, and transcendentals, I could never drive the least conception into their heads.

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Moreover, primary substances are most properly called substances in virtue of the fact that they are the entities which underlie every.

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Outside these apertures all was black, and I was unable to repress a certain feeling of apprehension as my fancy pictured the outer world and filled it with unfriendly entities, natural and supernatural--chief among which, in their respective classes, were the grizzly bear, which I knew was occasionally still seen in that region, and the ghost, which I had reason to think was not.

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It was only several years before that he had looked up from the mire at such glorious entities and deemed them gods.

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So far then are they eternal entities, as real to-day as in the first Olympiad.

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Over 107 thousand entities (legal entities and individual persons) have been working in tourism industry in Kyrgyzstan by start of 2018, reports Tazabek with reference to the National Statistical Committee.

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On October 21, 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) Topic 973 Real Estate--Investment Property Entities.