presence

Definitions


[ˈprɛzns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present
(e.g: my presence in the flat made her happy)


Phrases:
- presence of mind

Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin praesentia ‘being at hand’, from the verb praeesse (see present)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries