substance

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Physical matter; material.
2. (countable, uncountable) Physical matter; material.
3. (countable, uncountable) The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
4. (countable, uncountable) Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
5. (countable, uncountable) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
6. (countable, uncountable) Drugs (illegal narcotics)
7. (countable, uncountable) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.

Verb

To give substance to; to make real or substantial.

Sinonieme

matter

essence

material

content

gist

reality

stuff

body

entity

property

object

thing

article

core

meaning

kernel

pith

contents

nature

marrow

wealth

point

form

main point

nitty-gritty

element

sum

subject matter

subject

message

agent

nub

being

center

heart and soul

filling

crux

quiddity

purport

shape

appearance

flesh

🥩

compound

means

estate

essential

centre

assets

actuality

import

Vertalings

Substanz

substance

sustancia

sostanza

Stoff

substância

ουσία

matière

substantie

stof

substancia

substància

Inhalt

Materie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsʌbstəns/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: substance

In summary

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

Sinne

At her request , he rewrote her part to give it substance and novelty .