That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
The state or quality of being or existence.
Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence. 14th-19th c.
A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
That which is urgent; motive.
Occasion; order of occurrence.
A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. from 16th c.
One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something). 16th-18th c.
In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class. from 20th c.
A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.