"Entity" meaning in English

See Entity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Entity [canonical]
Etymology: * (Vatican intelligence): Translation of Italian l'Entità. * (Israel): Ellipsis of Zionist entity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:from|entity}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bf.", "keyword_label" : "Back-formation from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sum", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ēns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Medieval Latin", "term" : "entitās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-med" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "entity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Entity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Entity">, {{sense|Vatican intelligence}} (Vatican intelligence):, {{clq|en|it|Entità|l'Entità|notext=1}} Italian l'Entità, {{sense|Israel}} (Israel):, {{ellipsis|en|Zionist entity}} Ellipsis of Zionist entity Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Entity
  1. The central intelligence agency of the Holy See, which conducts foreign intelligence for the Vatican City and Catholic Church. Synonyms: SIV
    Sense id: en-Entity-en-name-Mfq7C9bD Categories (other): Catholicism Disambiguation of Catholicism: 68 8 24
  2. (derogatory, slang) Israel (synonym of Zionist Entity). Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-Entity-en-name-0XOnP~n2 Categories (other): Israel, Zionism Disambiguation of Israel: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Zionism: 10 45 45
  3. (derogatory, slang) Israel (synonym of Zionist Entity).
    (sometimes, by extension) The United States and Israel, or the West as a whole, when viewed as synonymous with Israel.
    Tags: broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes
    Sense id: en-Entity-en-name-QQPLmsJh Categories (other): English dysphemisms, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Middle Eastern English, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Derogatory names for countries, Israel, Zionism Disambiguation of English dysphemisms: 14 29 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 16 11 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 19 56 Disambiguation of Middle Eastern English: 10 8 81 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 12 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 16 65 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 13 9 77 Disambiguation of Derogatory names for countries: 12 9 79 Disambiguation of Israel: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Zionism: 10 45 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Entity List
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