presence

Definition

The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.

Etymology

Through Old French presence, from Latin praesentia (“a being present”), from praesentem. Displaced native Old English andweardnes.

Example Sentences

• "Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw."
• "Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed."
• "Bob never said anything about it in my presence."