substance

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French substance.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
substance

Plural
substances

substance (plural substances)

  1. Physical matter; material.
  2. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
  3. Considerable wealth or resources.
    A man of substance.
  4. drugs
    substance abuse

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matter
essential part
true meaning
considerable wealth
drugs
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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin substantia, substance or essence, noun form from present participle substans, from substare, exist, lit. stand under, from stare, stand

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substance f. (plural substances)

  1. substance
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