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Noun: presence  prezuns
  1. The state of being present; current existence
    "he tested for the presence of radon"
     
  2. The immediate proximity of someone or something
    "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"
    - front
     
  3. An invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
     
  4. The impression that something is present
    "he felt the presence of an evil force"
     
  5. Dignified manner or conduct
    - bearing, comportment, mien
     
  6. The act of being present

Sounds like: presents

Derived forms: presences

See also: absent, present

Type of: attendance, attending, being, beingness, belief, disembodied spirit, existence, feeling, impression, manner, notion, opinion, personal manner, proximity, spirit

Antonym: absence

Encyclopedia: Presence Presence, Real