entity

CEFRC1

/ˈɛn.tɪ.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A thing or person that exists as a separate unit.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Mary loves all the atoms that form an entity named Tom.

  • The Church is an entity that has accumulated a lot of wealth.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. The state or quality of being or existence.

More examples

In context

  • The small retail outlet is only a front for a much larger entity.

  • The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.

  • The organisational and administrative tasks involved in welding the railways into a single entity have also received much publicity.

Antonyms

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The company is a strictly separate legal blank from its owners.

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Origin

noun

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