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| sub·stan·tive [ súbstəntiv ] |
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1. with practical importance: having practical importance, value, or effect
  a substantive agreement
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2. substantial: substantial in amount or quantity
a substantive meal
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3. essential: relating to the substance of something
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4. independent: continuing independently
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5. grammar used like noun: relating to or used like a noun
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6. grammar expressing existence: expressing existence, as with the verb "to be"
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7. law relating to legal principles: relating to the essential principles that a court applies in its work, not to the rules of procedure and practice
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8. industry directly attaching as dye color: attaching as a color directly to a material being dyed without the use of a fixing substance
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9. military permanent: describes a rank or appointment that is permanent
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noun (plural sub·stan·tives) |
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grammar noun: a noun, or a word or group of words used like a noun
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| [15th century. Directly or via French< late Latin substantivus< Latin substantia (see substance)] |
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| sub·stan·ti·val [ sùbstən tv'l ] adjective |
| sub·stan·tive·ly adverb |
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