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sub·stance (sŭb'stəns)
n.
    1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
    2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
    1. Essential nature; essence.
    2. Gist; heart.
  1. That which is solid and practical in character, quality, or importance: a plan without substance.
  2. Density; body: Air has little substance.
  3. Material possessions; goods; wealth: a person of substance.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin substantia, from substāns, substant-, present participle of substāre, to be present : sub-, sub- + stāre, to stand.]

SYNONYMS   substance, burden, core, gist, pith, purport. These nouns denote the essential import or significance of something spoken or written: the substance of his complaint; the burden of the President's speech; the core of an article; the gist of her argument; the pith of an essay; the purport of a document.




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