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10 Language-to-English DictionariesIndependent entity
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt ˈɛn.tə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An organization, business, or individual that operates autonomously without being controlled by or legally dependent on another larger body.
"The subsidiary was spun off to become an entirely independent entity." - 2
A self-contained object, concept, or being that exists separately and distinctly from other things.
"In the software architecture, each microservice functions as an independent entity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'independent', derived from the Latin 'independens' (in- meaning 'not' plus despendere 'to hang down'), which evolved in the 17th century to denote political or operational self-reliance, with 'entity', from Medieval Latin 'entitas' (from esse 'to be'). Together, the phrase developed in legal, financial, and organizational contexts to describe a distinct, self-governing subject or corporate body.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Independent entity" is said worldwide
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entité indépendante
Transliteration: ã-ti-te ɛ̃-de-pɑ̃-dɑ̃t
"Cette filiale est devenue une entité indépendante."
selbstständige Einheit
Transliteration: zɛlbstʃtɛndɪɡə aɪnhaɪt
"Das Unternehmen agiert als eine selbstständige Einheit."
ente indipendente
Transliteration: ɛn.te in.di.pɛnˈdɛn.te
"L'istituto opera come un ente indipendente."
entidad independiente
Transliteration: en.tiˈðad in.de.penˈdjen.te
"La organización funciona como una entidad independiente."
entidade independente
Transliteration: ẽ.tiˈda.dʒi ĩ.de.pẽˈdẽ.tʃi
"A empresa foi registrada como uma entidade independente."
स्वतंत्र इकाई
Transliteration: svatantra ikai
"यह संगठन अब एक स्वतंत्र इकाई के रूप में काम करता है।"
独立实体
Transliteration: dúlì shítǐ
"该公司现在是一个完全独立的实体。"
독립된 실체
Transliteration: dongnipdoen silche
"그 회사는 모회사로부터 독립된 실체로 분리되었습니다."
独立した実体
Transliteration: dokuritsu shita jittai
"その組織は独立した実体として運営されています。"
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