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Synonyms for entities

Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-ti-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn tɪ ti

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Définition of entities

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Late Latin entitatem (nominative entitas), from ens (genitive entis) "a thing," proposed by Caesar as present participle of esse "be" (see is), to render Greek philosophical term to on "that which is" (from neuter of present participle of einai "to be;" see essence). Originally abstract; concrete sense in English is from 1620s.
  • noun object that exists
  • noun nature of a being
Example sentences :
  • As we have said, what these entities really are in themselves we do not know.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • With the heat gun he sheared off their tentacles; he could sell the zirconia in the entities.
  • Extract from : « The Beast of Space » by F.E. Hardart
  • It may be the vision of entities undreamed of and of existences inconceivable.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • But I look on one and all simply as a means to an end, and as agencies, not entities.
  • Extract from : « What the Church Means to Me » by Wilfred T. Grenfell
  • All these entities are derived from the One without diminishing Him.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • That is the nature of matter as contained in intelligible (entities).
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • All these entities, indeed, are called incorporeal because they are not bodies.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • They are entities who had already reached the 'human stage' before this Round.
  • Extract from : « Human Animals » by Frank Hamel
  • The entities of science are not only from the scientist; they are also for him.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • The two entities have become somehow indistinguishable as to name.
  • Extract from : « In the Land of Mosques & Minarets » by Francis Miltoun

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