entity
part of speech
noun (an entity, entities)
meaning for a pupil
1) An entity is something that exists as a separate, single thing with its own identity, such as a company, a country or a living being. tree →
2) (formal) In law and business, an entity is an organisation treated as one unit, such as «a legal entity». tree →
3) In computing and stories, an entity can be any object or being: a character in a game, or a mysterious creature or ghost. tree →
sense in the lessons
A formal, general word used when you want to talk about «a thing» without saying exactly what kind. In science and philosophy it means anything that exists. In computing, game characters and objects are called entities. In spooky stories, «an entity» is an unknown being. Phrases: «a separate entity», «a legal entity», «a single entity».
examples
- The school and the nursery are separate entities. tree →
- A company is a legal entity, like a person in the eyes of the law. tree →
- Each country is an independent entity. tree →
- In the game, every monster is an entity with its own health points. tree →
- The ghost story was about a strange entity in the attic. tree →
- The team works together as a single entity. tree →
note
Plural: entities (y → ies). Countable: an entity. Formal; in everyday speech say «thing», «body» or «organisation».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «entity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.