IN SUBSTANCE
stəns noun
1.
that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
2.
a species of matter of definite chemical composition: a chalky substance.
4.
the subject matter of thought, discourse, study, etc.
5.
the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow; reality.
6.
substantial or solid character or quality: claims lacking in substance.
7.
consistency; body: soup without much substance.
8.
the meaning or gist, as of speech or writing.
9.
something that has separate or independent existence.
10.
Philosophy.
a.
something that exists by itself and in which accidents or attributes inhere; that which receives modifications and is not itself a mode; something that is causally active; something that is more than an event.
b.
the essential part of a thing; essence.
c.
a thing considered as a continuing whole.
11.
possessions, means, or wealth: to squander one's substance.
12.
13.
a standard of weights for paper.
14.
in substance,
a.
concerning the essentials; substantially.
b.
actually; really: That is in substance how it appeared to me.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin substantia substance, essence (literally, that which stands under, i.e., underlies), equivalent to sub- sub- + -stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -ia -ia (see -ance)
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin substantia substance, essence (literally, that which stands under, i.e., underlies), equivalent to sub- sub- + -stant- (stem of stāns, present participle of stāre to stand) + -ia -ia (see -ance)
Related forms
sub·stance·less, adjective
Synonyms
4. theme, subject. 4, 5, 8. essence. 8. significance, import, pith.
4. theme, subject. 4, 5, 8. essence. 8. significance, import, pith.
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substance (ˈsʌbstəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the tangible matter of which a thing consists |
| 2. | a specific type of matter, esp a homogeneous material with a definite composition |
| 3. | the essence, meaning, etc, of a written or spoken thought |
| 4. | solid or meaningful quality |
| 5. | material density: a vacuum has no substance |
| 6. | material possessions or wealth: a man of substance |
| 7. | philosophy |
| a. the supposed immaterial substratum that can receive modifications and in which attributes and accidents inhere | |
| b. a thing considered as a continuing whole that survives the changeability of its properties | |
| 8. | Christian Science that which is eternal |
| 9. | a euphemistic term for any illegal drug |
| 10. | in substance with regard to the salient points |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin substantia, from substāre, from | |
| 'substanceless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
substance
c.1300, "essential nature," from O.Fr. substance (12c.), from L. substantia "being, essence, material," from substans, prp. of substare "stand firm, be under or present," from sub "up to, under" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). A loan-translation
of Gk. hypostasis. Sense of "the matter of a study, discourse, etc." first recorded late 14c. Meaning "any kind of corporeal matter" also is first attested late 14c.
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Medical Dictionary
substance sub·stance (sŭb'stəns)
n.
That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
A material of a particular kind or constitution.
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Idioms & Phrases
in substance
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In reality, essentially, as in The Archbishop of Salzburg was in substance a temporal authority as well. [Late 1300s]
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In essence, basically, as in I don't remember all the details, but in substance this was the plan. [Late 1400s]
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