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| sub·stance [ súbstənss ] (plural sub·stances) |
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1. material: a kind of matter or material
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2. tangible physical matter: physical reality that can be touched and felt
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3. practical value: real or practical value or importance
  There was nothing of substance in the document.
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4. material wealth: wealth in the form of money and possessions
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5. gist of meaning: the actual or essential meaning of something said or written
the substance of their argument
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6. philosophy essence: the unchanging essence of something
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7. philosophy something specific: something that is individual and caused
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin substantia "essence" (translation of Greek hupostasis) < substare, literally "stand under" < stare "to stand"] |
