1 [C] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities:
a chemical / radioactive substance * banned / illegal substances (= drugs) * a sticky / rich / fatty substance
2 [U] (written) the quality of being based on facts or the truth:
It was malicious gossip, completely without substance. * The commission's report gives substance to these allegations. * There is some substance in what he says.
3 [U] the most important or main part of sth:
Love and guilt form the substance of his new book. * I agree with what she said in substance, though not with every detail. * There seems to be no difference in substance between the two procedures.
4 [U] (formal) importance
SYNSIGNIFICANCE:
matters of substance * Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting.
IDIOMS
a man / woman of substance (formal) a rich and powerful man or woman
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for substance is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is substance a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, substance is tagged as noun.
Does substance appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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