substance

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

substancessubstaunce

1.
(countable, uncountable)Physical matter; material.
Đồng nghĩa: matter, stuff
2.
(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.
Đồng nghĩa: crux, gist
3.
(countable, uncountable)Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
Some textile fabrics have little substance.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
a man of substance
5.
(countable, uncountable)Drugs (illegal narcotics)
substance abuse
Đồng nghĩa: dope, gear
6.
(countable, uncountable)(theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

substances

V_ing/Gerund

substancing

V_ed/pp

substancedsubstaunce

1.
(rare, transitive)To give substance to; to make real or substantial.

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matter stuff crux gist dope gear

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