entity

entity

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English

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (being) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛn.tɪ.ti/

Noun

entity (plural entities)

  1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
  2. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
  3. (databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
  4. The state or quality of being or existence.
  5. A spirit, ghost, or the like.
  6. (science fiction) An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:entity

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See also

  • duality
  • trinity
  • relationship

Further reading

  • entity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “entity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “entity”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “entity” (US) / “entity” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
  • “entity”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  • “entity”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛntɪtɪ]

Noun

entity

  1. inflection of entita:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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