substance
pronunciation
How to pronounce substance in British English:
UK [ˈsʌbstəns]
How to pronounce substance in American English:
US [ˈsʌbstəns]
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- Noun:
- that which has mass and occupies space
- the stuff of which an object consists
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the idea that is intended
- considerable capital (wealth or income)
- what a communication that is about something is about
Word Origin
- substance
- substance: [13] Latin substantia denoted the ‘essence’ of something. Derived from the present participle of substāre ‘be present’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand), it was virtually a loan-translation of Greek hupóstasis ‘substance, existence, essence’, which likewise was formed from elements meaning literally ‘under’ and ‘stand’. The word’s ultimate etymological meaning is thus ‘that which underlies or is the essence of something’.=> stand, station, statue
- substance (n.)
- c. 1300, "essential nature, real or essential part," from Old French sustance, substance "goods, possessions; nature, composition" (12c.), from Latin substantia "being, essence, material," from substans, present participle of substare "stand firm, stand or be under, be present," from sub "up to, under" (see sub-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Latin substantia translates Greek ousia "that which is one's own, one's substance or property; the being, essence, or nature of anything." Meaning "any kind of corporeal matter" is first attested mid-14c. Sense of "the matter of a study, discourse, etc." first recorded late 14c.
Example
- 1. But investors shouldn 't confuse style with substance .
- 2. Bc is an example of such a substance .
- 3. The video gave substance to what seemed so far away .
- 4. That depends on whether you care about symbolism or substance .
- 5. Whatever the substance of graphology the character is there nonetheless .