entity

/ˈɛn.tɪt.i/
noun

That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

  2. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.

  3. Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.

  4. The state or quality of being or existence.

    “The group successfully maintains its tribal entity.”

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

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ENTITY at a glance

ENTITY has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,783 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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