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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:
- what substances make up an iron pot
- what substances make up pizza
- 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
- what substances are produced during photosynthesis
- what substance is a compound
substantive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French substantif.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?bst?nt?v/, /s?b?stænt?v/
Adjective
substantive (comparative more substantive, superlative most substantive)
- of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information"
- Synonyms: essential, in essence
- having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial
- Synonyms: meaty, substantial
- Antonym: superficial
- (law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law"
- Antonyms: adjective, procedural
- (chemistry) of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
- Antonym: adjective
- Depending on itself; independent.
- (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive.
- Synonym: substantival
- (military, of a rank or appointment) actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
substantive (plural substantives)
- (grammar) a word that names a person, place, thing or idea; a noun (sensu stricto) [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: (sensu stricto) noun, noun substantive
- Hypernym: (sensu lato) noun
- Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
- Coordinate term: accidental
Alternative forms
- subst. (abbreviation used in lexicography and grammar)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
substantive (third-person singular simple present substantives, present participle substantiving, simple past and past participle substantived)
- (grammar, very rare) to make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun
- Synonyms: substantivize, nominalize
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.st??.tiv/
- Homophone: substantives
Adjective
substantive
- feminine singular of substantif
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sub.stan?ti?.u?e/, [s??ps?t?än??t?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sup.stan?ti.ve/, [supst??n??t?i?v?]
Adjective
substant?ve
- vocative masculine singular of substant?vus
Portuguese
Verb
substantive
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of substantivar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of substantivar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of substantivar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of substantivar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sub.stan?ti.ve]
Noun
substantive
- plural of substantiv
Spanish
Verb
substantive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of substantivar.
substantive From the web:
- what substantive law applies in arbitration
- what substantive means
- what substantive law
- what substantive due process
- what substantive grade is a prison officer
- what's substantive testing
- what substantive post means
- what's substantive evidence
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