plural entities
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: something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
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: an organization (such as a business or governmental unit) that has an identity separate from those of its members
Examples of entity in a Sentence
One division of the company was broken off as a separate entity.
the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity
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This result is also consistent with other findings from the study such as enrollees’ satisfaction with care being similar between for-profit and nonprofit entities.
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Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Editors’ Picks Some of those tools were used on Friday when China responded to Mr. Trump’s tariffs by putting 11 American companies on an unreliable entities list, and another 16 on an export control list.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
One such entity with a story worth telling is West Texas Counseling & Guidance, (WTCG).
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
These entities paid the Cuban doctors a small fraction of what the foreign government paid Cuba.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Editors’ Picks Some of those tools were used on Friday when China responded to Mr. Trump’s tariffs by putting 11 American companies on an unreliable entities list, and another 16 on an export control list.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
One such entity with a story worth telling is West Texas Counseling & Guidance, (WTCG).
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
These entities paid the Cuban doctors a small fraction of what the foreign government paid Cuba.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Entity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entity. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
entity
noun
en·ti·ty
ˈent-ət-ē 
plural entities
: something existing or thought of as existing as a separate and independent thing
Medical Definition
entity
noun
en·ti·ty
ˈen(t)-ət-ē
plural entities
: something (as a disease or condition) that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
whether the common cold is an entity has been debated—Year Book of Medicine
Year Book of MedicineLegal Definition
entity
noun
en·ti·ty
ˈen-ti-tē
plural entities
: an organization (as a business or governmental unit) that has a legal identity which is separate from those of its members see also alter ego, instrumentality, juridical person, legal person, pierce
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