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See also: Substantive and substantivé
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/, /səbˈstæntɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]substantive (comparative more substantive, superlative most substantive)
- Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- Synonyms: essential, in essence
- substantive information
- 2012 October 6, “The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game”, in The Economist[1]:
- In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.
- (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial.
- substantive changes made by the lawyers
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- 1836 [1829], William Hazlitt, “Definition of wit”, in Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt[2], page 19:
- Once more then, strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner;
- Synonyms: meaty, substantial
- Antonyms: superficial, trivial
- (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- substantive law
- Antonyms: adjective, procedural
- (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- Antonym: adjective
- Depending on itself; independent.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, page 16:
- Hee therefore taking into Conſideration, how ſufficient and ſuſstantiue this Land was, to maintaine it ſelfe without any aid (at all) of the foreigner; […]
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- Synonym: substantival
- (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of the essence or essential element of a thing
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having substance and prompting thought
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law: applying to essential legal principles
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independent
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of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant
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substantival — see substantival
military: actually and legally held
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Noun
[edit]substantive (plural substantives)
- (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive or substantive noun; a noun or a group of words (a noun phrase) that act as a noun (in a sentence). [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: (sensu stricto) noun, noun substantive
- Hypernym: (sensu lato) noun
- 1986, Harry Holtzman, Martin S[amuel] James, “The New Plastic in Painting (1917)”, in The New Art—The New Life: The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian, Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, part I (The De Stijl Years: 1917–24), page 27:
- The Dutch verb beelden and substantive beelding signify form-giving, creation, and by extension image—as do gestalten and Gestaltung in German, where Neo-Plastic[ism] is translated as Die neue Gestaltung.
- Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
- Coordinate term: accidental
Alternative forms
[edit]- subst. (abbreviation used in lexicography and grammar)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]noun — see noun
Verb
[edit]substantive (third-person singular simple present substantives, present participle substantiving, simple past and past participle substantived)
- (grammar, very rare) To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun.
- Synonyms: substantivize, nominalize
Usage notes
[edit]- The pronunciation with penultimate stress is common, based on that of substantial, but mainly proscribed.
See also
[edit](converting into or using as another part of speech:)
- adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
- adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize
- nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
- verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: substantives
Adjective
[edit]substantive
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]substantive
- inflection of substantivar:
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sub.stanˈtiː.u̯e/, [s̠ʊps̠t̪än̪ˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.stanˈti.ve/, [subst̪än̪ˈt̪iːve]
Adjective
[edit]substantīve
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]substantive
- inflection of substantivar:
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]substantive
- plural of substantiv
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]substantive
- inflection of substantivar:
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