entities

Variant of entity

entity definition

en·tity (en′tə tē)

noun pl. entities -·ties

  1. being; existence
  2. a thing that has definite, individual existence outside or within the mind; anything real in itself

Etymology: < Fr entité or ML entitas < L ens (gen. entis), prp. of esse, to be: see is

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