presence

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

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n. attendance (see presence); vicinity, immediacy (see nearness); demeanor, bearing, appearance; person of importance, VIP.

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Fact of being at a certain place

Nouns

1. presence, attendance; assemblage; occupancy, occupation, habitation, inhabitancy, residence; permeation, pervasion; diffusion, dissemination; ubiety, ubiquity, omnipresence, existence.

2. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, watcher, viewer, [eye]witness, bystander, passerby; sightseer, rubberneck, sidewalk superintendent; inspector; attender, patron; house, audience; the gallery, grandstand, or bleachers; Johnny-on-the-spot; kibitzer. See vision, inhabitant.

Verbs

1. be present, assist at; exist; look on, witness, watch; kibitz; attend, remain; find or present oneself, turn out; show one's face; lie, stand. Informal, show up. Slang, make the scene.

2. frequent, haunt; dwell, reside, stay; tenant. Slang, hang out. See abode, inhabitant.

3. fill, pervade, permeate; infest; be diffused, be disseminated; overspread, overrun; run across.

Adjectives — present; occupying, inhabiting; moored; resident[ial]; domiciled, domiciliary; ubiquitous, omnipresent; peopled, populated, inhabited.

Adverbs — here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield; on the spot, at the kill, on hand, on deck; face-to-face; here, there, and everywhere (see space); in the presence of, before, in person, to one's face; under the eyes of, under the nose of; in the face of. Informal, in the flesh; live (radio and TV).

Quotations — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Bible).

Antonyms, see absence.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The fact of being present]

Syn. occupancy, occupation, residence, inhabitance, habitancy, ubiquity, ubiety; see also attendance 1 .

2. [The vicinity of a person]

Syn. proximity, propinquity, nearness, closeness; see neighborhood .

3. [One's appearance and behavior]

Syn. carriage, port, demeanor, bearing; see appearance 1 , behavior 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. attendance existence, occupancy, being, residence, proximity.

2. poise confidence, bearing, air, demeanor, charisma, personality, carriage, self-assurance, aura.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition or fact of being present: occurrence. See BE. 2. Behavior through which one reveals one's personality: address, air, bearing, demeanor, manner, mien, style. Archaic: port. See BE, STYLE.