entity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

WordNet


En"ti*ty noun
Etymology
LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entité. See Essence, Is.
Wordforms
plural Entities
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913