Presence

Definition of presence:

part of speech: noun

State of being present; nearness; personal appearance; readiness, as of mind.

part of speech: noun

State of being present ( opp. of ABSENCE): situation within sight, etc.: approach face to face: the person of a superior: the persons assembled before a great person: mien: personal appearance: calmness, readiness, as of mind.

part of speech: noun

The state of being in a certain place; nearness; immediate neighborhood; as, in the presence of danger; one's appearance or bearing as, a girl of pleasing presence; all the qualities that make a person what he is.

Usage examples for presence:

• The sergeant would never suspect your presence there. "The Mistress of Bonaventure", Harold Bindloss.

• His presence gave her pleasure. "Zanoni", Edward Bulwer Lytton.

• " My dear grandmother," I cried, " in mind and body I am in perfect order, and it is presence not absence, which made me so." "The House of Martha", Frank R. Stockton.

• For a week after the row Lovelace was kept out of the side; but it was soon obvious that his presence was absolutely necessary. "The Loom of Youth", Alec Waugh.