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sub·stance
\\ˈsəb-stən(t)s\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin substantia, from substant-, substans, present participle of substare to stand under, from sub- + stare to stand — more at stand
 DATE  14th century
1.
  a. essential nature : essence
  b. a fundamental or characteristic part or quality
  c. Christian Science : god 1b
2.
  a. ultimate reality that underlies all outward manifestations and change
  b. practical importance : meaning, usefulness
      the…bill—which will be without substance in the sense that it will authorize nothing more than a set of ideas — Richard Reeves
3.
  a. physical material from which something is made or which has discrete existence
  b. matter of particular or definite chemical constitution
  c. something (as drugs or alcoholic beverages) deemed harmful and usually subject to legal restriction
      possession of a controlled substance
      substance abuse
4. material possessions : property
    a family of substance
sub·stance·less \\-ləs\\ adjective
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- in substance

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