SUBSTANTIVE
\səbstˈantɪv], \səbstˈantɪv], \s_ə_b_s_t_ˈa_n_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of SUBSTANTIVE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"
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being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information"
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having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
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being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information"
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having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
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applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"
By Princeton University
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Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
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Depending on itself; independent.
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Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
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Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
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A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
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To substantivize.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Expressing existence: real: of real, independent importance.
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SUBSTANTIVELY.
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The part of speech denoting something that exists: a noun.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Expressing existence; independent.
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The name of something that exists, or is conceived to exist, either material or immaterial; a noun.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Solid; real; essential.
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In gram., that part of speech which expresses something that exists, real or imaginary; a noun or name.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An epithet applied by Dr. Paris to aliments which are nutritious, in contradistinction to adjective aliments, which are themselves not possessed of nutritive virtues, but impart to the digestive organs greater energy, so as to enable them to extract more nutriment from the substantive aliments. Meat, for example, is a substantive aliment: the condiment, as mustard, eaten with it, an adjective aliment.
By Robley Dunglison
