{
    "term": "entity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something that exists separately from other things and has its own identity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The unit has become part of a larger department and no longer exists as a **separate entity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These countries can no longer be viewed as a **single entity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hip-hop is a major **commercial entity** now *(= it is a business, not just a type of music)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A corporation is a separate **legal entity** and it shields you from personal liability for its debts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Church and empire were fused in a single entity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two companies will combine to form a new entity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each subsidiary of the company will be treated as a single entity."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["discrete", "distinct", "independent"],
                "verb + entity": ["create", "form", "become"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈentəti/",
                "audio": "en/entity/entity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈentəti/",
                "audio": "en/entity/entity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (denoting a thing's existence): from French entité or medieval Latin entitas, from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being’ (from esse ‘be’)."
}