substance.
Physical matter; material.
Meaning & usage
Physical matter; material.
Physical matter; material. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
Some textile fabrics have little substance.
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
a man of substance
Drugs (illegal narcotics)
substance abuse
Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
Where this word comes from
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.
To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
Where this word comes from
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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