presence

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛz(ə)ns/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being present; current existence
  2. noun the immediate proximity of someone or something
  3. noun an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby

Etymology

Through Old French presence, from Latin praesentia (“a being present”), from praesentem. Displaced native Old English andweardnes.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
being
Narrower (hyponyms)
shadow, ubiquity, thereness, occurrence, immanence
Opposite (antonyms)
absence

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