NOUN | state | presence | the state of being present |
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location | presence, front | the immediate proximity of someone or something | |
person | presence | an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby | |
cognition | presence | the impression that something is present | |
attribute | presence, bearing, comportment, mien | dignified manner or conduct | |
act | presence | the act of being present |
Sounds | preh'zahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | The state of being present; current existence. | |
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Example | "he tested for the presence of radon" | |
Attributes | absent | not being in a specified place |
present | Being or existing in a specified place | |
Narrower | hereness | The state of being here / here in this place |
immanence, immanency | The state of being within or not going beyond a given domain | |
inherence, inherency | The state of inhering | |
occurrence | An instance of something occurring | |
shadow | A dominating and pervasive presence | |
thereness | The state of being there--not here--in position | |
thereness | Real existence | |
ubiety | The state of existing and being localized in space | |
ubiquity, ubiquitousness, omnipresence | The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) | |
Broader | being, beingness, existence, face of the earth | The state or fact of existing |
Opposite | absence | The state of being absent |
Spanish | presencia | |
Catalan | presència | |
Adjectives | present | being or existing in a specified place |
Meaning | The immediate proximity of someone or something. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | front | |
Broader | proximity | The region close around a person or thing |
Spanish | frente, presencia | |
Catalan | presència | |
Adjectives | present | being or existing in a specified place |
Meaning | An invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby. | |
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Broader | spirit, disembodied spirit | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
Spanish | presencia | |
Catalan | presència |
Meaning | The impression that something is present. | |
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Example | "he felt the presence of an evil force" | |
Broader | impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
Spanish | presencia | |
Catalan | presència | |
Adjectives | present | being or existing in a specified place |
Meaning | dignified manner or conduct. | |
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Synonyms | bearing, comportment, mien | |
Narrower | dignity, lordliness, gravitas | formality in bearing and appearance |
Broader | manner, personal manner | A way of acting or behaving |
Spanish | comportamiento, empaque, porte, presencia | |
Catalan | presència |
Meaning | The act of being present. | |
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Broader | attendance, attending | The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) |
Opposite | absence | failure to be present |
Spanish | presencia | |
Catalan | presència | |
Adjectives | present | being or existing in a specified place |
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