Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of entity
"The database administrator spent hours verifying that all user entities were correctly linked to their corresponding profiles."
In plain English: Entities are separate things that exist on their own and can be identified as individuals within a group or system.
"The new software update requires all user entities to verify their identities again."
Usage: Use entities to refer to distinct things that have independent existence or being, such as organizations, concepts, or objects. Avoid using it to describe abstract feelings or vague ideas unless you mean those concepts exist as separate, definable units.
Derived from Latin entitas, which comes from ens (being), the term originally meant existence or reality as an independent thing. It entered English in the late 16th century to denote distinct objects of thought or discourse that possess being.