entity

The definition of an entity is something that exists independently.

(noun)

An example of entity is a state or province that breaks away from the rest of the country.

See entity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. entities

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

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

See entity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. en·ti·ties

Something that exists as a particular and discrete unit: Persons and corporations are equivalent entities under the law.
The fact of existence; being.
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin entitās

Origin: , from Latin ēns, ent-

Origin: , present participle of esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots

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