Meaning

6 senses
  1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

    Wesen, Einheit, Gebilde

    существо́suščestvó, объе́ктobʺjékt

    об'є́ктobʺjékt, істо́таistóta

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

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

    су́щностьsúščnostʹ

    су́тністьsútnistʹ

  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.

    Entität

    су́щностьsúščnostʹ

  4. The state or quality of being or existence.

    The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.

    Dasein, Existenz

    существова́ниеsuščestvovánije, бытие́bytijé

    існува́нняisnuvánnja

  5. A spirit, ghost, or the like.

    Gebilde, Wesen, Ding

  6. An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

Examples

37 sentences
  1. Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

    Не треба примножувати сутності без потреби.

    deEntitäten dürfen nicht mehr als notwendig vermehrt werden.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · deniko · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Begging from unknown entities isn't wise.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · nonong · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Gabriel was shooting at the entity.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Pietro was attacked by some unknown entity.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. The media isn't a single unitary entity.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
that which exists as an individual unit:
existence of something considered apart from its properties:
state or quality of existence:
Русский
By meaning 3
that which exists as an individual unit:
existence of something considered apart from its properties:
state or quality of existence:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
that which exists as an individual unit:
state or quality of existence:
spirit, ghost, or the like:

Origin

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia)

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

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