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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
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greatness
English
Etymology
From Middle English gretnesse, gretnes, greetnesse, from Old English gr?atnes. Equivalent to great +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- enPR: gr?t?n?s, IPA(key): /???e?tn?s/
- Hyphenation: great?ness
Noun
greatness (countable and uncountable, plural greatnesses)
- The state, condition, or quality of being great
- Due to the greatness of his size, he was an effective bodyguard.
- greatness of mind
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night ACt 3 Scene 4
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
- (obsolete): Pride; haughtiness.
- 1627, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
- It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships.
- 1627, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
Translations
See also
- magnum opus
- genius
Anagrams
- Tressange, estranges, seargents, sergeants
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