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presence (iou)



presence noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French presence from Latin praesentia, from praesent-: see PRESENT adjective & adverb, -ENCE.]
The fact or condition of being present; the state of being with or in the same place as a person or thing; attendance, association. ME.
real presence: see REAL adjective2.
M. Mead We are a gregarious people, needing the presence of others. R. Whelan The presence of U-boats was detected.
b. = presence of mind below. L20.
Undercurrents Somehow I had the presence to see..a nurse shark sheltered in the ripped hull.
The place or space around or in front of a person; the company or society of someone; spec. that of a monarch or other distinguished person. ME.
M. Pattison Being admitted to his presence they saluted him.
b. = presence chamber below. M16-M18.
A number of people assembled together; an assembly, a company. LME-L18.
a. With possess.: a person's self or embodied personality. Chiefly poet. LME.
Pope Her ample presence fills up all the place. S. Woods Saving your presence, Vicar.
b. A person (or thing) that is physically present, esp. a person of impressive appearance or bearing; a person of good appearance or aspect. E19.
Wordsworth That Presence fair and bright..Victoria the Queen.
Demeanour, carriage, esp. when stately or impressive; nobleness or handsomeness of bearing or appearance. L15.
Baroness Orczy Tall, above the average, with magnificent presence and regal figure.
A spiritual or incorporeal being or influence felt or conceived as present. M17.
A. Uttley A feeling of a presence came upon her. A. Lurie They feel you as a rather hostile presence.
Politics. The maintenance by a nation of political interests and influence in another country or region; the representation of a nation's interests at an event. M20.
Time A formula that would allow some Palestinian presence at Geneva.
b. spec. The maintenance of personnel, esp. armed forces, in an allied or friendly State. Also, armed forces stationed in this way. M20.
Punch The Americans have a presence of 380,000 men in Vietnam.
c. Commerce. A representation in a place or market by virtue of business activity of a specified kind. L20.
Creative Review Saatchi & Saatchi is stepping up its design presence in Britain.
A quality in reproduced sound which gives the impression that the recorded activity is occurring in the listener's presence. M20.
Phrases: chamber of presence = presence chamber below. in a person's presence before or with a person; in a person's company. in presence (now rare) present; in the room, company, vicinity, etc. in the presence of in the company of, observed by. make one's presence felt: see FEEL verb. presence of mind calmness and self-command in sudden difficulty, an emergency, etc. real presence: see REAL adjective2.
Comb.: presence chamber, presence-room a reception room in a palace etc. where a monarch or other distinguished person receives people.