entity
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for…That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
» Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
Entitäten dürfen nicht mehr als notwendig vermehrt werden.
Не треба примножувати сутності без потреби.
Meaning
6 sensesThat 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)
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
су́щностьsúščnostʹ
су́тністьsútnistʹ
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
The state or quality of being or existence.
The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.
Dasein, Existenz
существова́ниеsuščestvovánije, бытие́bytijé
існува́нняisnuvánnja
A spirit, ghost, or the like.
Gebilde, Wesen, Ding
An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
Examples
37 sentencesEntities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
Не треба примножувати сутності без потреби.
deEntitäten dürfen nicht mehr als notwendig vermehrt werden.
Begging from unknown entities isn't wise.
Gabriel was shooting at the entity.
Pietro was attacked by some unknown entity.
The media isn't a single unitary entity.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
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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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