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entity

/ˈɛntəti/

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What does entity mean?

noun

  1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
  2. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
  3. 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.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. The state or quality of being or existence.
  2. A spirit, ghost, or the like.
  3. An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

proper noun

  1. The central intelligence agency of the Holy See, which conducts foreign intelligence for the Vatican City and Catholic Church.
  2. (derogatory, slang) Israel (synonym of Zionist Entity).
  3. (derogatory, slang) The United States and Israel, or the West as a whole, when viewed as synonymous with Israel.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛntəti/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Now in what does this entity really consist, this mysterious fetich which revolutionists have revered for more than a century?
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
But here I am drifting into an error against which I warned the reader,--of making an entity of a conception.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
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An entity shall not select a valuation method, or divide procurement requirements into separate contracts, to avoid the application of this Chapter.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
They regarded the individual mind as a separate entity, complete in each person, and isolated from nature and hence from other minds.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
What harmony is to music, hope, faith, cheerfulness, happiness, sympathy, love and altruism are to the vibratory conditions of the human entity.
Henry LindlahrNature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & CureProject Gutenberg ebook #4273