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English

Etymology

From #French|substance.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-substance.ogg


Noun

  1. Physical matter; material.
  2. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
  3. Considerable wealth or resources.
  4. : A man of substance.
  5. drugs
  6. : substance abuse


Translations

  • Czech: {{t+|cs|látka|f}}
  • Danish: substans, masse
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|substantie|f}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|substance|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Substanz|f}}
  • Greek: ουσία (usia)
  • Hebrew:
  • Hungarian: ,
  • Hungarian:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|骨子|tr=kosshi|sc=Jpan}}
  • Norwegian: substans
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|substância|f}}
  • Swedish: substans
  • Danish: formue
  • Finnish: {{t+|fi|vara|alt=varat}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Substanz|f}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|本質|tr=honshitsu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|実体|tr=jittai|sc=Jpan}}
  • Norwegian: formue
  • Russian: вес (ves)
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|resurs|c}}
  • Norwegian:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|вещество|n|tr=veščestvó|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: substans

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Category:1000 English basic words

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French

Etymology

From substantia, substance or essence, noun form from present participle substans, from substare, exist, lit. stand under, from stare, stand

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-substance.ogg


Noun

  1. #Noun|substance


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Substance \Sub"stance\, n. [F., fr. L. substantia, fr. substare
to be under or present, to stand firm; sub under + stare to
stand. See Stand.]
1. That which underlies all outward manifestations;
substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena,
whether material or spiritual; that in which properties
inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which
is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in
distinction from any accident; that which constitutes
anything what it is; real or existing essence.
[1913 Webster]

These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind,
And turn substance into accident! --Chaucer.
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Heroic virtue did his actions guide,
And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
--Dryden.
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2. The most important element in any existence; the
characteristic and essential components of anything; the
main part; essential import; purport.
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This edition is the same in substance with the
Latin. --Bp. Burnet.
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It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance
it is not only insulting, but alarming. --Burke.
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3. Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence,
substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of
which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little
substance.
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4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
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And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
--Luke xv. 13.
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Thy substance, valued at the highest rate,
Can not amount unto a hundred marks. --Shak.
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We are destroying many thousand lives, and
exhausting our substance, but not for our own
interest. --Swift.
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5. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Substance \Sub"stance\, v. t.
To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to
make rich. [Obs.]
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WordNet substance
n 1: that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the
smallest indivisible unit of matter" [syn: matter]
2: the stuff of which an object consists
3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
"the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, core, center, essence,
gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow,
meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]
4: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this
proverb?" [syn: meaning]
5: considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of
means" [syn: means]
6: what a communication that is about something is about [syn:
message, content, subject matter]
Moby Dictionary
Swiss bank account , actuality , affective meaning , affluence , air ,
amount , amplitude , assets , atom , atomic particles , atoms , axiom ,
balance , bank account , basis , bearing , being , bench mark ,
best part , better part , body , bottom , bottom dollar ,
bottomless purse , brute matter , budget , building block ,
bulging purse , bulk , burden , call , cardinal point , case ,
cash reserves , cause , center , chapter , checking account ,
chemical element , chief thing , climax , coloring , command of money ,
component , composition , concern , concreteness , connotation ,
consequence , constituent , core , cornerstone , corporeality , corpus ,
crisis , critical point , crux , denotation , density , distillate ,
distillation , drift , durability , earth , easy circumstances , effect ,
element , elementary particle , elementary unit , elixir ,
embarras de richesses , entity , essence , essential ,
essential matter , essentiality , exchequer , extension , extent ,
fabric , finances , fire , firmness , flower , focus ,
focus of attention , focus of interest , force , fortune , foundation ,
fund , fundamental , fundamental particle , funds , generality , gist ,
gold , good reason , grammatical meaning , gravamen , great point ,
ground , grounds , handsome fortune , head , heading , heart ,
high income , high point , high tax bracket , hyle , hypostasis , idea ,
impact , implication , import , important thing , independence ,
individual , inner essence , intension , issue , kernel , keystone ,
kitty , landmark , lexical meaning , life savings , literal meaning ,
living issue , lucre , luxuriousness , magnitude , main body ,
main point , main thing , major part , majority , mammon , marrow , mass ,
material , material basis , material point , material resources ,
material wealth , material world , materiality , materials , materiel ,
matter , matter in hand , meaning , meaningfulness , means , measure ,
measurement , meat , medium , milestone , molecule , monad , money ,
money to burn , moneybags , moneys , most , motif , motive ,
natural world , nature , nest egg , nub , nubbin , nucleus , numbers ,
nuts and bolts , object , opulence , opulency , overtone , palpability ,
pecuniary resources , pelf , pertinence , physical world , pith , pivot ,
plenum , plurality , pocket , point , point at issue ,
point in question , ponderability , pool , possessions , postulate ,
practical consequence , principle , problem , property , prosperity ,
prosperousness , purport , purse , quantity , quantum , question , quid ,
quiddity , quintessence , quintessential , range of meaning ,
raw material , real issue , real meaning , reality , reason , recap ,
recapitulation , reference , referent , relation , relevance , reserves ,
resources , resume , riches , richness , right , rubric , run-through ,
rundown , salient point , sap , savings , savings account , scope ,
semantic cluster , semantic field , sense , short , significance ,
signification , significatum , signifie , sine qua non , solidity ,
soul , soundness , span of meaning , spirit , stability , staple ,
steadiness , stock , store , stoutness , strength , structural meaning ,
stuff , sturdiness , subject , subject matter , subject of thought ,
substances , substantiality , substantialness , substantive point ,
substratum , sum , sum and substance , sum total , summary , summation ,
supply , symbolic meaning , tangibility , tangible , tenor , text ,
the bottom line , the four elements , the nitty-gritty , the point ,
theme , thrust , topic , totality of associations , toughness ,
transferred meaning , treasure , turning point , unadorned meaning ,
undertone , unit of being , unregistered bank account , upper bracket ,
upshot , value , warrant , water , wealth , wealthiness , wherewithal ,
whole , worth


SUBSTANCE, evidence. That which is essential; it is used in opposition to form. 2. It is a general rule, that on any issue it is sufficient to prove the substance of the issue. For example, in a case where the defendant pleaded payment of the principal sum and all interest due, and it appeared in evidence that a gross sum was paid, not amounting to the full interest, but accepted by the plaintiff as full payment, the proof was held to be sufficient. 2 Str. 690; 1 Phil. Ev. 161.
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