The small retail outlet is only a front for a much larger entity.
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Entity
//ˈɛn.tɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "entity" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
Related word relations
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3 entriesMore specific
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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13 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
1 entriesholonym
3 entriesis a
1 entriesmeronym
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كِيَان noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Belarusian
4 entries- аб'е́кт noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- су́тнасць noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- і́снасць noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- існава́нне noun (state or quality of existence)
Bulgarian
2 entries- същество́ noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- съществу́ване noun (state or quality of existence)
Catalan
1 entries- entitat noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 存在性 noun (state or quality of existence)
- 實體 /实体 noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- 幽靈 /幽灵 noun (spirit, ghost, or the like)
- 整體 /整体 noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Czech
2 entries- entita noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entita noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
Esperanto
3 entries- ento noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- ento noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- ento noun (state or quality of existence)
Finnish
4 entries- entiteetti noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entiteetti noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- entiteetti noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
- eteerinen olento noun ((science fiction) alien lifeform that has no corporeal body)
French
3 entries- entité noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entité noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- entité noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
Georgian
4 entries- არსება noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- არსი noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- ერთეული noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
- ობიექტი noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
German
4 entries- Dasein noun (state or quality of existence)
- Ding noun (spirit, ghost, or the like)
- Einheit noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- Entität noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Greek
1 entries- οντότητα noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
Gujarati
1 entries- અસ્તિત્વ noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Hebrew
1 entries- יְשׁוּת noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Hindi
1 entries- अस्तित्वी noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Irish
3 entries- aonán noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- aonán noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
- eintiteas noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Italian
4 entries- elemento noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
- entità noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entità noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- esistenza noun (state or quality of existence)
Japanese
1 entries- 実体 noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Korean
1 entries- 실재 noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Lithuanian
2 entries- esybė noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- subjektas noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Macedonian
4 entries- е́динка noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- посто́ење noun (state or quality of existence)
- су́штество noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- суштеству́вање noun (state or quality of existence)
Māori
3 entries- hinonga noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- hinonga noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- rangatōpū noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Polish
4 entries- istnienie noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- istnienie noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- istnienie noun (state or quality of existence)
- jednostka noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Portuguese
2 entries- entidade noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entidade noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
Russian
4 entries- бытие́ noun (state or quality of existence)
- объе́кт noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- су́щность noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- су́щность noun (computing: anything about which data can be stored)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- entìtēt noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- ентѝте̄т noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Slovak
2 entries- entita noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entita noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
Spanish
2 entries- entidad noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- entidad noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
Ukrainian
4 entries- об'є́кт noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
- су́тність noun (existence of something considered apart from its properties)
- існува́ння noun (state or quality of existence)
- істо́та noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Urdu
1 entries- ہستی noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Welsh
1 entries- endid noun (that which exists as an individual unit)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
If you see language as a living being, formed by the entity of all speakers, dividing strictly into "right" and "wrong" makes little sense.
Source: tatoeba (639167)
When he asked for a single slice, they gave him an entire uncut pizza, which he proceeded to eat by rolling it up like a burrito and just shoveling it in. The question, of course, is whether a whole entity is a slice of itself.
Source: tatoeba (841341)
From these verses, we can see the different description of the same entity: the city, the kingdom, the heavenly Jerusalem, the church, and Mount Zion.
Source: tatoeba (1169450)
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