Inflected forms: pl. en·ti·ties 1. Something that exists as a particular and discrete unit: Persons and corporations are equivalent entities under the law.2. The fact of existence; being. 3. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin entits, from Latin ns, ent-, present participle of esse, to be. See es- in Appendix I.
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