substance
IPA: sˈʌbstʌns
noun
- 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.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- (theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
verb
- (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
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Examples of "substance" in Sentences
- The substance was calcified.
- It is a viscid or slimy substance.
- The capsule was full of substance.
- The man commingled the substances.
- The scientist condensed the substances.
- The scientist demagnetized the substance.
- It is difficult to calcify the substances.
- I don't grasp the substance of the objection.
- Superficiality is no substitute for substance.
- The decomposition is equivalent to the substance.