substance

Phrases
An user
At   her   request he
👨
  rewrote   her   part   to   give   it
it
  substance   and   novelty .

À sa demande, il a réécrit sa part pour lui donner une substance et une nouveauté.

Signification (Anglais)

Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈsʌbstəns/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

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