Being here, and being felt to be here. Presence is more than location — it is attention actually given.
Latin praesentia, from praesens (being at hand), from praeesse (to be in front, be at hand), from prae- (before) + esse (to be); being here in a way that is felt, not merely located.
Being here, and being felt to be here. Presence asks for more than location; it asks that attention was actually given.