Substance

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1 Etymology 2 Noun 2.1 Translations 3 Related Terms

Etymology

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

Noun

1. physical matter; material
2. the essential part of anything; the most vital part
   1. that element of an object without which it would not exist
   2. the true meaning of something spoken or written
3. considerable wealth or resources

   a man of substance

4. drugs

   substance abuse

Translations

• Catalan: substància f (1), essència f (2), recursos m pl (3)
• Dutch: substantie f
• Finnish: aine (1, 4), substanssi (1 in science)
• French: substance f
• German: Substanz f
• Interlingua: substantia (1,3); essentia (2); ressources pl (3)
• Portuguese: substância f (1); essência f (2); posses f pl, recursos m pl(3)
• Spanish: substancia f (1), esencia f (2), recursos m pl (3)

Related Terms

• stand under
• subsist
• substantial
• substantive
• understand