- the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- attendance or company: Your presence is requested.
- immediate vicinity; proximity: in the presence of witnesses.
- 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.
- the immediate personal vicinity of a great personage giving audience or reception: summoned to her presence.
- the ability to project a sense of ease, poise, or self-assurance, especially the quality or manner of a person's bearing before an audience: The speaker had a good deal of stage presence.
- personal appearance or bearing, especially of a dignified or imposing kind: a man of fine presence.
- a person, especially of noteworthy appearance or compelling personality: He is a real presence, even at a private party.
- a divine or supernatural spirit felt to be present: He felt a presence with him in the room.
- presence chamber.
- the state or fact of being present
- the immediate proximity of a person or thing
- personal appearance or bearing, esp of a dignified nature
- an imposing or dignified personality
- an invisible spirit felt to be nearby
- a recording control that boosts mid-range frequencies
- (of a recording) a quality that gives the impression that the listener is in the presence of the original source of the sound
- assembly or company
- obsolete short for presence chamber
