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Presence Impress People Appearance Manner Vast Authoritative Great

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If you say that someone has p_______, you mean that they impress people by their appearance and manner.If you say that someone has presence, you mean that they impress people by their appearance and manner.
They do not seem to have the vast, authoritative presence of those great men.
Hendrix's stage presence appealed to thousands of teenage rebels.
word presence
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noun
Someone's presence in a place is the fact that they are there.
They argued that his presence in the village could only stir up trouble.
She received hundreds of emails and phone calls requesting her presence at company meetings.
If you say that someone has presence, you mean that they impress people by their appearance and manner.
They do not seem to have the vast, authoritative presence of those great men.
Hendrix's stage presence appealed to thousands of teenage rebels.
A presence is a person or creature that you cannot see, but that you are aware of.
The forest was dark and silent, haunted by shadows and unseen presences.
She started to be affected by the ghostly presence she could feel in the house.
If a country has a military presence in another country, it has some of its armed forces there.
London had intended to grant Aden independence in 1968 but retain a military presence.
If you refer to the presence of a substance in another thing, you mean that it is in that thing.
The somewhat acid flavour is caused by the presence of lactic acid.
...the presence of a carcinogen in the water.
Although the fluid presents no symptoms to the patient, its presence can be detected by a test.
inflections presences
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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