Meaning

7 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Physical matter; material.

    Substanz, Stoff

    вещество́veščestvó, субста́нцияsubstáncija, мате́рияmatérija

    речовина́rečovyná, субста́нціяsubstáncija

    the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

  2. Physical matter; material.

    (countable, uncountable)A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

    a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties

  3. (countable, uncountable)The essential part of anything; the most vital part.

    1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.

    Substanz

    су́щностьsúščnostʹ

    the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

  4. (countable, uncountable)Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

    Some textile fabrics have little substance.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

    a man of substance

    Substanz

    весves

  6. (countable, uncountable)Drugs (illegal narcotics)

    substance abuse

    Substanz

    вещество́veščestvó

  7. (countable, uncountable)Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.

Examples

140 sentences

  1. Salt is a useful substance.

    Сіль - корисна речовина. — ttnaa

    ruСоль - полезное вещество. — V_Zmoova

    deSalz ist eine nützliche Substanz. — samueldora

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  2. Did Tom take banned substances?

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  3. "Language" and "dialect" are just labels; changing the label doesn't change the substance.

    Поняття "мова" та "діалект" — це лише ярлики; зміна ярлику не змінює сутності. — deniko

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  4. This substance will mix with water.

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  5. This substance is in liquid state.

    ruЭто вещество находится в жидком состоянии. — odexed

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
physical matter; material — see also matter:
Русский
By meaning 3
physical matter; material — see also matter:
essential part:
material possessions:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
physical matter; material — see also matter:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia

Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.

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Forms

plural: substances

Synonyms

32 synonyms
matterA1stuffA2gearB2bodyA1massB2materialA2cruxgistdopecorporeity
Close in meaning

Antonyms

16 antonyms
nothingA1vacuumvoidenergyB2forceA2heatA2lightA1powerA2egoC1dreamA1mindA1personalityA2phantomC2shadowA2

Word family

23 related words
RelatedsubsistC2substantialB1substantive
Derivedeconomic substanceexosubstanceground substanceinnominate substancemucosubstancemultisubstancenanosubstancenonsubstanceperfluoroalkyl substancepolyfluoroalkyl substancepolysubstancequeen substancesubstance dependencesubstance dualismsubstancehoodsubstancelesssubstancenesssubstance-wisesubstantificationsubstantify

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
subsidyC2subsistC2subsistenceC2subspeciessubstandardsubstantialB1substantiallyC1
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