English-Thai Dictionary

entity

N เอกลักษณ์ (ทาง ปรัชญา  existence aek-ka-rak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENTITY

n.[Low L. entitas.] Being; existence. Fortune is no real entity.
1. A real being, or species of being.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENTITY

En "ti *ty, n.; pl. Entities. Etym: [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis,thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entité. See Essence, Is. ]

 

Defn: A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception ) or in fact; being; essence; existence. Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality. Shairp. Fortune is no real entity, ... but a mere relative signification. Bentley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

entity

en ti ty |ˈentitē ˈɛn (t )ədi | ▶noun ( pl. entities ) a thing with distinct and independent existence: church and empire were fused in a single entity. • existence; being: entity and nonentity. DERIVATIVES en ti ta tive |-ˌtātiv |adjective (chiefly Philosophy )ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a thing's existence ): from French entité or medieval Latin entitas, from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being ’ (from esse ‘be ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

entity

entity |ˈɛntɪti | ▶noun ( pl. entities ) a thing with distinct and independent existence: Church and empire were fused in a single entity. • [ mass noun ] existence; being: entity and nonentity. DERIVATIVES entitative |-tətɪv |adjective (chiefly Philosophy )ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a thing's existence ): from French entité or medieval Latin entitas, from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being ’ (from esse ‘be ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

entity

entity noun 1 a single entity: being, creature, individual, organism, life form; person; body, object, article, thing. 2 the distinction between entity and nonentity: existence, being; life, living, animation; substance, essence, reality, actuality.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

entity

entity noun 1 a single biological entity: being, body, creature, individual, organism, life form; person; object, article, thing, piece of matter, real thing; substance, quantity, existence; Philosophy ens. 2 the subsidiary company is a distinct entity: organization, institution, establishment, body, operation; structure, system, unit, whole; informal set-up, outfit. 3 the distinction between entity and nonentity: existence, being; life, living, animation, animateness, vital force; substance, essence, reality, actuality; essential nature, quintessence; Philosophy quiddity, esse. ANTONYMS nonentity, non-existence.

 

Duden Dictionary

Entity

En ti ty Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das |E ntity …ti |das Entity; Genitiv: des Entitys, Plural: die Entitys lateinisch-mittellateinisch-englisch genau abgrenzbares individuelles Exemplar, z. B. ein Sonderzeichen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

entity

en ti ty /éntəti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 C (独立した )実在物, 実体 .2 U 実在, 存在 .