transcription, транскрипция: [ 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