different between substantive vs external

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)

1. of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information"

   Synonyms: essential, in essence

2. having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial

   Synonyms: meaty, substantial

   Antonym: superficial

4. (law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law"

   Antonyms: adjective, procedural

5. (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

6. Depending on itself; independent.
7. (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive.

   Synonym: substantival

8. (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)

2. (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

3. 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)

2. (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

1. 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

1. vocative masculine singular of substant?vus

Portuguese

Verb

substantive

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of substantivar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of substantivar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of substantivar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of substantivar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sub.stan?ti.ve]

Noun

substantive

1. plural of substantiv

Spanish

Verb

substantive

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of substantivar.

English

Etymology

From Middle French externe + -al, from Latin externus, from exter, exterus (“on the outside, outward”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ks?t?n?l/, /?ks?t?n?l/, /?ks?t?n?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ks?t??n?l/, /?ks?t??n?l/, /?ks?t??n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
• Hyphenation: ex?ter?nal

Adjective

external (comparative more external, superlative most external)

1. Outside of something; on the exterior.
2. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
   • 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The external circumstances are greatly different.

3. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.

4. (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
5. Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

Synonyms

• (not intrinsic nor essential): See also Thesaurus:extrinsic

Antonyms

• internal

Related terms

Translations

Noun

external (plural externals)

1. (chiefly in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
2. (programming) In the C programming language, a variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

Further reading

• external in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• external in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• external at OneLook Dictionary Search