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substance
English
Alternative forms
- substaunce (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?bst?ns/, [?s?bst?nts]
Noun
substance (countable and uncountable, plural substances)
- Physical matter; material.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- Synonyms: matter, stuff
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.
- Synonyms: crux, gist
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- Synonyms: dope, gear
- (theology) Hypostasis.
Synonyms
- (physical matter): See also Thesaurus:substance
- (essential part of anything): See also Thesaurus:gist
- (drugs): See also Thesaurus:recreational drug
Related terms
Translations
Verb
substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced)
- (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
See also
- style
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.st??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
substance f (plural substances)
- substance
Derived terms
Further reading
- “substance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cubassent
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French substance.
Noun
substance
- essence
Descendants
- English: substance
Old French
Alternative forms
- sostance, sustance
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia.
Noun
substance f (oblique plural substances, nominative singular substance, nominative plural substances)
- most essential; substantial part
- existence
Related terms
- substantiel
Descendants
substance From the web:
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- what substances are produced by cellular respiration
- what substance is analogous to a factory manager
- what substances will dissolve in water
- what substance was the first photograph made from
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- what substance is a compound
being
English
Alternative forms
- beeing (archaic)
- beïng (rare)
Etymology
Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bi???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bi??/, /?bi?/
- Rhymes: -i???, -??
- Hyphenation: be?ing
Verb
being
- present participle of be
Noun
being (countable and uncountable, plural beings)
- A living creature.
- The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia
- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
- 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia
- (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
- (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
- (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Synonyms
- (a living creature): See also Thesaurus:creature
- (the state or fact of existence): See also Thesaurus:existence
Derived terms
Translations
Conjunction
being
- Given that; since.
- , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].
- , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
Synonyms
- as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because
Derived terms
- being that
Translations
References
- “being”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “being” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "being" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
- "being" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
See also
Anagrams
- Bengi, begin, binge
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
being f (genitive singular beinge, plural beingean)
- bench, form
being From the web:
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- what being drunk feels like
- what being late says about you
- what being blind looks like
- what being built near me
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- what being a leader means
- what being alone does to you
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