SUBSTANTIAL


Meaning of SUBSTANTIAL in English

/ səbˈstænʃl; NAmE / adjective

1.

large in amount, value or importance

SYN considerable :

substantial sums of money

a substantial change

Substantial numbers of people support the reforms.

He ate a substantial breakfast.

2.

[ usually before noun ] ( formal ) large and solid; strongly built :

a substantial house

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Old French substantiel or Christian Latin substantialis , from substantia being, essence, from substant- standing firm, from the verb substare .

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