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The meaning of ENTITY is being, existence; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence. How to use entity in a sentence.
As entity names provide important content in a text document, named entity recognition is a very important step in information extraction.
Entity definition: something that has a real existence; thing. See examples of ENTITY used in a sentence.
ENTITY meaning: 1. something that exists apart from other things, having its own independent existence: 2…. Learn more.
Definition of entity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
entity. noun. 1. thing, being, body, individual, object, presence, existence, substance, quantity, creature, organism the concept of the earth as a living entity. 2. essential nature, being, existence, essence, quintessence, real nature, quiddity (Philosophy) key periods of national or cultural entity and development.
Under the law, it would be considered an entity, or a separate being for purposes of government control. The word entity originally meant "being, existence," and was borrowed from Medieval Latin entitas, from Latin ens, irregular form of esse "to be, exist." The suffix –ity means "quality or state."
An entity is something that exists separately from other things and has a clear identity of its own.
something that exists as a distinct, separate, independent, or self-contained unit: Germany was a single entity before World War II, became two entities after the war, and now is one entity again. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Britannica Dictionary definition of ENTITY. [count] formal. : something that exists by itself : something that is separate from other things. One division of the company was broken off as a separate entity. a business/commercial/corporate entity. government/political/legal entities. distinct/independent entities.
