Substance

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  • noun. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  • noun. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation.
  • noun. The most important part or idea of what is said or written; the essence or gist.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. That which is real or practical in quality or character; practical value.
  • noun. Significance or importance.
  • noun. Density; body.
  • noun. Material possessions; goods; wealth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To furnish with substance or property; enrich.
  • noun. That which exists by itself, and in which accidents inhere; that which receives modifications, and is not itself a mode; that which corresponds, in the reality of things, to the subject in logic.
  • noun. The real or essential part; the essence.
  • noun. In theology, the divine being or essence, common to the three persons of the Trinity.
  • noun. The character of being a substance, in sense 1; substantiality.
  • noun. The meaning expressed by any speech or writing, or the purport of any action, as contradistinguished from the mode of expression or performance.
  • noun. Substantiation; that which establishes or gives firm support.
  • noun. Any particular kind of corporeal matter; stuff; material; part; body: specifically, a chemical species.
  • noun. Wealth; means; good estate: as, a man of substance.
  • noun. Importance.
  • noun. The main part; the majority.
  • noun. Synonyms Pith, gist, soul.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
  • noun. Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness
  • noun. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
  • noun. Same as Hypostasis, 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Physical matter; material.
  • noun. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
  • noun. Considerable wealth or resources.
  • noun. Drugs (illegal narcotics)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. what a communication that is about something is about
  • noun. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • noun. considerable capital (wealth or income)
  • noun. a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
  • noun. material of a particular kind or constitution
  • noun. the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
  • noun. the idea that is intended
  • Word Usage
    "Between cells there is a greater or less amount of a homogeneous substance -- the _intercellular substance_."
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