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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)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
  4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
    • And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  5. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
  6. Drugs (illegal narcotics)
    Synonyms: dope, gear
  7. (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)

  1. (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)

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. most essential; substantial part
  2. 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)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete): Pride; haughtiness.
    • 1627, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
      It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships.

Translations

See also

  • magnum opus
  • genius

Anagrams

  • Tressange, estranges, seargents, sergeants

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