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:
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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.