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presence
1. noun /ˈprɛzəns/
a) The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand;

Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.

b) The part of space within ones immediate vicinity.

Bob never said anything about it in my presence.

Ant: absence
2. verb /ˈprɛzəns/
to make or become present

From the overtaxing of the regimes paranoiac classifications and monitoring of the social field, Heidegger was to await in vain the presencing of that which is present, the revelation of the Being of beings in its precedence to governmental control.

See Also: present, presentation

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