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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pres·ence /ˈprɛzṇ(t)s/
 出席,面前,存在,風度,態度

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pres·ence n.
 1. The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.
 2. The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse.
 Wrath shell be no more
 Thenceforth, but in thy presence joy entire.   --Milton.
 3. Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber.
    In such a presence here to plead my thoughts.   --Shak.
 An't please your grace, the two great cardinals.
 Wait in the presence.   --Shak.
 4. The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign.
    The Sovran Presence thus replied.   --Milton.
 5. An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company.
 Odmar, of all this presence does contain,
 Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair.   --Dryden.
 6. Port, mien; air; personal appearence. “Rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect.”
    A graceful presence bespeaks acceptance.   -- Collier.
 Presence chamber, or Presence room, the room in which a great personage receives company. --Addison. “ Chambers of presence.”  --Bacon.
 Presence of mind, that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 presence
      n 1: the state of being present; current existence; "he tested
           for the presence of radon" [ant: absence]
      2: the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she
         blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of
         danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company" [syn: front]
      3: an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
      4: the impression that something is present; "he felt the
         presence of an evil force"
      5: dignified manner or conduct [syn: bearing, comportment,
         mien]
      6: the act of being present [ant: absence]