The state of being present; current existence.

Roget 186: presence; occupancy, occupation; attendance; whereness^†.    permeation, pervasion; diffusion etc. (dispersion) 73.    ubiety^†, ubiquity, ubiquitariness^†; omnipresence.    bystander etc. (spectator) 444.    ... show more

Roget 1: existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.], subsistence.    reality, actuality; positiveness etc. adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; truth etc. 494; actual existence.    presence etc. (existence in space) 186; coexistence etc. 120.    stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream etc. 515; no joke.    center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle.    [Science of existence], ontology.    ... show more

Roget 894: courtesy; respect etc. 928; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness etc. adj.; bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension etc. (humility) 879; affability, complaisance, pr_evenance, amability^†, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy.    compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil^†, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord^†, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams.    obeisance etc. (reverence) 928; bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow^†, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection etc. (worship) 990; obsequiousness etc. 886; capping, shaking hands, etc. v.; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur [Fr.], pledge; love token etc. (endearment) 902; kiss, buss, salute.    mark of recognition, nod; nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]; valediction etc. 293; condolence etc. 915.    ... show more

Dutch: aanwezigheid, bijzijn, presentie, tegenwoordigheid
Polish: pobyt, obecność, bytność

The immediate proximity of someone or something:
— She blushed in his presence.
— He sensed the presence of danger.

synonym: front.

An invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby.

The impression that something is present.

Dignified manner or conduct.

synonyms: bearing, comportment, mien.

Roget 448: appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration^†, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil [Fr.]; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc ne [Fr.]; rising of the curtain.    phantasm, phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) 443.    pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises [Sp.]; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph^†, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama^†, georama^†; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; pageantry etc. (ostentation) 882; insignia etc. (indication) 550.    aspect, angle, phase, phasis^†, seeming; shape etc. (form) 240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light.    lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz.   , cast of countenance, profile, tournure^†, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy^†; outside etc. 220.    ... show more

Dutch: gemeenheid

The act of being present.