ens

[ enz, ens ]

/ ɛnz, ɛns /

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noun, plural en·ti·a

[en-shee-uh, -tee-uh], /ˈɛn ʃi ə, -ti ə/, Metaphysics.

an existing or real thing; an entity.

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Origin of ens

<Latin ēns, present participle of esse to be

Other definitions for ens (2 of 2)

Ens.

abbreviation

Ensign.

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How to use ens in a sentence

Thomas goes on to contradict Aristotle, in holding quod nullum ens esset nisi corpus.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
How can we conceive Non-Ens: or confound together two distinct realities?
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote
To admit this, we must assume the thing that is not (or Non-Ens, Nothing) to have a real existence.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote

Non-Ens, or Nothing, is not the name of any existing thing, or of any Something.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)|George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for ens (1 of 2)

ens

/ (ɛnz) /

noun plural entia (ˈɛnʃɪə) metaphysics

being or existence in the most general abstract sense

a real thing, esp as opposed to an attribute; entity

Word Origin for ens

C16: from Late Latin, literally: being, from Latin esse to be

British Dictionary definitions for ens (2 of 2)

Ens.

abbreviation for

Ensign

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