noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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11
verb
Meaning 11
To make or become present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
Examples
2005, James Phillips, Heidegger's Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry, Stanford University Press, →ISBN (paperback), page 118, From the overtaxing of the regime's paranoiac classifications and monitoring of the social field, Heidegger was to await in vain the presencing of that which is present, the revelation of the Being of beings in its precedence to governmental control.
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12
noun
Meaning 12
the act of being present
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: absence
Broader terms: attendance, attending
13
noun
Meaning 13
dignified manner or conduct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Through Old French presence, from Latin praesentia (“a being present”), from praesentem. Displaced native Old English andweardnes.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حُضُور
(ḥuḍūr)
— fact or condition of being present
Armenian:
ներկայություն
(nerkayutʻyun)
— fact or condition of being present
Belarusian:
прысу́тнасць
(prysútnascʹ)
— fact or condition of being present
Belarusian:
прысу́тнасьць
(prysútnasʹcʹ)
— fact or condition of being present
Bulgarian:
присъ́ствие
(prisǎ́stvie)
— fact or condition of being present
Catalan:
presència
— fact or condition of being present
Chinese Mandarin:
存在
(cúnzài)
— fact or condition of being present
Chinese Mandarin:
出席
(chūxí)
— fact or condition of being present
Czech:
přítomnost
— fact or condition of being present
Danish:
tilstedeværelse
— fact or condition of being present
Danish:
nærværelse
— fact or condition of being present
Danish:
nærvær
— fact or condition of being present
Dutch:
aanwezigheid
— fact or condition of being present
Dutch:
tegenwoordigheid
— fact or condition of being present
Esperanto:
ĉeesto
— fact or condition of being present
Finnish:
läsnäolo
— fact or condition of being present
French:
présence
— fact or condition of being present
Galician:
presenza
— fact or condition of being present
Georgian:
დასწრება
(dasc̣reba)
— fact or condition of being present
Georgian:
თანდასწრება
(tandasc̣reba)
— fact or condition of being present
Georgian:
ყოფნა
(q̇opna)
— fact or condition of being present
German:
Anwesenheit
— fact or condition of being present
Gothic:
𐌵𐌿𐌼𐍃
(qums)
— fact or condition of being present
Gothic:
𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹
(andwairþi)
— fact or condition of being present
Greek:
παρουσία
(parousía)
— fact or condition of being present
Ancient Greek:
παρουσία
(parousía)
— fact or condition of being present
Haitian Creole:
prezans
— fact or condition of being present
Hebrew:
נוֹכְחוּת
(nokhekhút)
— fact or condition of being present
Hindi:
उपस्थिति
(upasthiti)
— fact or condition of being present
Hungarian:
jelenlét
— fact or condition of being present
Icelandic:
nærvera
— fact or condition of being present
Indonesian:
kehadiran
— fact or condition of being present
Irish:
láithreacht
— fact or condition of being present
Irish:
fianaise
— fact or condition of being present
Italian:
presenza
— fact or condition of being present
Japanese:
存在
(sonzai)
— fact or condition of being present
Japanese:
気配
(kehai)
— fact or condition of being present
Kazakh:
қатынасу
(qatynasu)
— fact or condition of being present
Kazakh:
қатысу
(qatysu)
— fact or condition of being present
Kazakh:
бар болу
(bar bolu)
— fact or condition of being present
Kazakh:
келу
(kelu)
— fact or condition of being present
Korean:
출석
(chulseok)
— fact or condition of being present
Korean:
있음
(isseum)
— fact or condition of being present
Latin:
praesentia
— fact or condition of being present
Latvian:
klātbūtne
— fact or condition of being present
Lithuanian:
akivaizda
— fact or condition of being present
Macedonian:
присуство
(prisustvo)
— fact or condition of being present
Marathi:
हजेरी
(hajerī)
— fact or condition of being present
Marathi:
उपस्थिती
(upasthitī)
— fact or condition of being present
Norwegian Bokmål:
tilstedeværelse
— fact or condition of being present
Occitan:
preséncia
— fact or condition of being present
Old English:
andweardnes
— fact or condition of being present
Polish:
obecność
— fact or condition of being present
Portuguese:
presença
— fact or condition of being present
Romanian:
prezență
— fact or condition of being present
Russian:
прису́тствие
(prisútstvije)
— fact or condition of being present
Scottish Gaelic:
làthair
— fact or condition of being present
Scottish Gaelic:
fianais
— fact or condition of being present
Scottish Gaelic:
làthaireachd
— fact or condition of being present
Serbo-Croatian:
прису́ство
— fact or condition of being present
Serbo-Croatian:
прису́тно̄ст
— fact or condition of being present
Serbo-Croatian:
prisústvo
— fact or condition of being present
Serbo-Croatian:
prisútnōst
— fact or condition of being present
Slovak:
prítomnosť
— fact or condition of being present
Slovene:
prisotnost
— fact or condition of being present
Spanish:
presencia
— fact or condition of being present
Swedish:
närvaro
— fact or condition of being present
Ukrainian:
прису́тність
(prysútnistʹ)
— fact or condition of being present
Ukrainian:
ная́вність
(najávnistʹ)
— fact or condition of being present
Urdu:
موجودگی
(maujūdgī)
— fact or condition of being present
Belarusian:
сусе́дства
(susjédstva)
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Belarusian:
сусе́дзтва
(susjédztva)
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Bulgarian:
съсе́дство
(sǎsédstvo)
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Danish:
nærvær
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Hungarian:
jelenlét
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Italian:
cospetto
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Lutuv:
hmiekung
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Russian:
сосе́дство
(sosédstvo)
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Swedish:
närhet
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Turkish:
huzur
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Ukrainian:
сусі́дство
(susídstvo)
— the part of space within one's immediate vicinity; the state of being present with an object or person
Esperanto:
mieno
— a quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience; a quality setting an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired
Hungarian:
fellépés
— a quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience; a quality setting an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired
Hungarian:
megjelenés
— a quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience; a quality setting an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired
Māori:
ihi
— a quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience; a quality setting an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired
Māori:
marutuna
— a quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience; a quality setting an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired
French:
présence
— something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present; a person or object at a place that is not seen
Italian:
presenza
— something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present; a person or object at a place that is not seen
Japanese:
気配
(kehai)
— something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present; a person or object at a place that is not seen
Māori:
marutuna
— something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present; a person or object at a place that is not seen
