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presence

noun
/ˈpɹɛzn̩s/UK/ˈpɹɛz(ə)ns/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from andweardnes
  2. derived from praesentia — “a being present”
  3. derived from presence

Definitions

  1. The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.

    • Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.

  2. The part of space within one's immediate vicinity.

    • Bob never said anything about it in my presence.

  3. A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close…

    A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A quality that sets an individual out from others

      A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing.

      • Despite being less than five foot, she filled up the theatre with her stage presence.
      • Perrin Ferris succeeds in his equally demanding task of maintaining some semblance of presence while sharing the stage with a chronic upstager.

    2. Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present.

      • I'm convinced that there was a presence in that building that I can't explain, which led to my heroic actions.

    3. A company's business activity in a particular market.

    4. An assembly of great persons.

    5. The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant…

      The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant thoughts.

    6. Synonym of room tone.

    7. Ellipsis of presence chamber.

    8. To make or become present.

      • Within a completely neutral horizon, the primordial continuous stream of experience is presenced without interruption. As this time, the past and future have no meaning apart from the now in which they are presenced.
      • Just as the bread and butter can be presenced as more than just the bread and the butter, so baking a loaf of bread can be more than just the baking, the baker, and the bread.

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Derived

compresence, copresence, holopresence, hyperpresence, Internet presence, in the presence of, make one's presence felt, multipresence, nonpresence, overpresence, pluripresence, presence chamber, presenceless, presence of mind, presence room, presentity, real presence, saving your presence, stage presence, superpresence, telepresence

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at presence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at presence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at presence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA