entity
ˈɛntɪti
entities
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Noun

1.
businessTECH.organization or business with a separate legal existenceTECH.
  • The subsidiary operates as an independent entity from the parent company..
corporation organization
2.
philosophysomething with distinct and independent existence
  • The company is a separate legal entity.
being creature individual
3.
databasesTECH.unit of data in a databaseTECH.
  • Each entity in the database has a unique ID.
entry item record
4.
supernaturalRarespirit or ghostRare
  • They believed the house was haunted by an entity.
apparition phantom specter
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Expressions with entity

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something that can be seen or touched
A rock is a physical entity.
distinct and independent existence
The subsidiary operates as a separate entity from the parent company.
organization from another country operating outside its home nation
The company partnered with a foreign entity to expand into Asia.
system or structure that is indivisible and uniform
The corporation operated as a monolithic entity, with no room for individual input.
territory governed by a political authority
The United Nations recognizes it as a political entity.
organization recognized by law as having rights and responsibilities
The corporation was established as a legal entity last year..

Origin of entity

Latin, entitas (being)

Terms with entity included in their meaning

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political entity
politically organized body of people under one government
vague reference
object or entity not precisely named
mathematics
the number 1000 as a distinct entity
authority
under the control of a specified entity
political entity
large group of territories under a single sovereign authority
single entity
relating to a single person or thing
storytelling role
entity relating events within fiction, whether depicted as person or persona
media production
entity that produces and distributes books, music, or software

Examples of entity in a sentence

  • Each entity must comply with the regulations.
  • In metaphysics, an entity is considered fundamental.
  • Each entity in the database has a unique identifier.
  • The entity was updated with new information.
  • Developers added a new entity to the database schema.
  • An entity appeared in the old photograph.

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  1. French:entité, être, ...
  2. German:Unternehmen, Entität, ...
  3. Italian:entità, elemento, ...
  4. Spanish:entidad, ente, ...
  5. Portuguese:entidade, ser, ...
  6. Chinese:实体, 个体, ...
  7. Japanese:法人, 実体, ...
  8. Arabic:كِيَان, وجود مستقل, ...
  9. Hebrew:יְשׁוּת מִשְׁפָּטִית, יֵשׁוּת, ...
  10. Russian:организация, сущность, ...
  11. Ukrainian:суб'єкт господарювання, сутність, ...
  12. Hindi:विधिक इकाई, सत्ता, ...
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