[prez-uh
ns] 
| 1. | the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place. |
| 2. | attendance or company: Your presence is requested. |
| 3. | immediate vicinity; proximity: in the presence of witnesses. |
| 4. | the military or economic power of a country as reflected abroad by the stationing of its troops, sale of its goods, etc.: the American military presence in Europe; the Japanese presence in the U.S. consumer market. |
| 5. | Chiefly British. the immediate personal vicinity of a great personage giving audience or reception: summoned to her presence. |
| 6. | the ability to project a sense of ease, poise, or self-assurance, esp. the quality or manner of a person's bearing before an audience: The speaker had a good deal of stage presence. |
| 7. | personal appearance or bearing, esp. of a dignified or imposing kind: a man of fine presence. |
| 8. | a person, esp. of noteworthy appearance or compelling personality: He is a real presence, even at a private party. |
| 9. | a divine or supernatural spirit felt to be present: He felt a presence with him in the room. |
| 10. | British Obsolete. presence chamber. |
| pres·ence (prěz'əns) n.
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