substance
noun/ˈsʌbstəns/
Слово англійською: substance
Переклад substance українською: речовина
Детальний опис
- [countable] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities
- a sticky substance
- a chemical/radioactive/hazardous substance
- Some frogs produce toxic substances in their skin.
- [countable] a drug, especially an illegal one
- illegal/controlled substances
- He was disqualified from competing after testing positive to a banned substance.
- Adolescent substance use remains high in the United States.
- [uncountable] the quality of being based on facts or the truth
- The commission's report gives substance to these allegations.
- There is some substance in what he says.
- without substance It was malicious gossip, completely without substance.
- [uncountable] the most important or main part of something
- the substance of something Love and guilt form the substance of his new book.
- The real substance of the report was in the third part.
- in substance I agreed with what she said in substance, though not with every detail.
- There seems to be no difference in substance between the two procedures.
- [uncountable] (formal) importance synonym significance
- of substance matters of substance
- Nothing of any substance was achieved in the meeting.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the essential nature of something): from Old French, from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’, from the verb substare.
Idioms
a man/woman of substance
- (formal) a rich and powerful man or woman