the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.

attendance or company

Your presence is requested.

immediate vicinity; proximity

in the presence of witnesses.

the military or economic power of a country as reflected abroad by the stationing of its troops, sale of its goods, etc.

the American military presence in Europe; the Japanese presence in the U.S. consumer market.

Chiefly British . the immediate personal vicinity of a great personage giving audience or reception

summoned to her presence.

the ability to project a sense of ease, poise, or self-assurance, esp. the quality or manner of a person's bearing before an audience

The speaker had a good deal of stage presence.

personal appearance or bearing, esp. of a dignified or imposing kind

a man of fine presence.

a person, esp. of noteworthy appearance or compelling personality

He is a real presence, even at a private party.

a divine or supernatural spirit felt to be present

He felt a presence with him in the room.

British Obsolete . presence chamber.

noun

absence , distance , reality , agitation , confusion , distress , upset

noun

being , companionship , company , existence , habitation , inhabitance , latency , occupation , omnipresence , potentiality , residence , subsistence , ubiety , ubiquity , whereabouts , address , air , aspect , aura , bearing , behavior , carriage , comportment , deportment , ease , look , mien , personality , poise , port , seeming , self-assurance , set , immediate circle , nearness , neighborhood , propinquity , proximity , apparition , manifestation , shade , specter , spirit , supernatural being , wraith , acumen , alertness , aplomb , calmness , cool , coolness , imperturbability , levelheadedness , quickness , sangfroid , self-command , self-composure , self-possession , sensibility , sobriety , watchfulness , wits , occurrence , demeanor , manner , style , appearance , character , closeness , influence , occupancy