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omnipresence

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Canada, US: /ɑmniˈprɛz(ə)ns/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛzəns
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 M N AH0 P R EH1 Z AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ubiquity, ubiquitousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: presence

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English presence English omnipresence From omni- + presence.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: omnipresencia — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Basque: nonnahitasun — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Bulgarian: вездесъщие (vezdesǎštie) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Catalan: omnipresència — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無往不在 /无往不在 (wúwǎngbùzài) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無所不在 /无所不在 (wúsuǒbùzài) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到處存在 /到处存在 (dàochùcúnzài) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遍在 (biànzài) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Danish: allestedsnærværelse — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Dutch: alomtegenwoordigheid — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Esperanto: ĉieesteco — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Finnish: omnipresenssi — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • French: omniprésence — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • French: ubiquité — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Galician: omnipresenza — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Georgian: ყველგანმყოფობა (q̇velganmq̇opoba) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Georgian: ყველგანსუფევა (q̇velgansupeva) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • German: Allgegenwart — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • German: Ubiquität — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • German: Allgegenwärtigkeit — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Greek: πανταχού παρών (pantachoú parón) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Hungarian: mindenütt jelenvalóság — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Icelandic: alnánd — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Ido: ubiqueso — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Italian: onnipresenza — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Japanese: 遍在 (henzai) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Macedonian: сеприсутност (seprisutnost) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Occitan: omnipreséncia — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Polish: omniprezencja — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Polish: wszechobecność — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Portuguese: onipresença — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Romanian: omniprezență — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Russian: вездесу́щность (vezdesúščnostʹ) — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Scottish Gaelic: uile-làthaireachd — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: свеприсутност — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: sveprisutnost — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Spanish: omnipresencia — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Swedish: allestädesnärvaro — the ability to be at all places at the same time
  • Tagalog: pagkanasakahitsaan — the ability to be at all places at the same time