substance

Meaning

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

matter

material

main point

human body

substantia corticalis

true nature

real form

material element

real matter

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌbstəns/

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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