Noun

Singular presence

Plural presences

presence (plural presences)

1. 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.

2. The part of space within one's immediate vicinity.

   Bob never said anything about it in my presence.

3. A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with his audience.

   Despite being less than five foot, she filled up the theatre with her stage presence.

4. Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present.

   I'm convinced that there was a presence in that building that I can't explain, which led to my heroic actions.

5. A company's business activity in a particular market.
6. The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant thoughts

Antonyms

• absence

Presence may refer to:

Technology

• Presence (amplification), used in four band equalisation
• Presence (telepresence), the scientific and technological field
• Presence information, indicating availability of people on a network
• Presence service, a network service which accepts, stores and distributes presence information
• Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, a bimonthly journal dedicated to electromechanical and computer systems
• Distributed presence, a digital marketing term
• Web presence, the appearance of a person or organization on the World Wide Web