SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Meaning of SUBSTANCE ABUSE in English

long-term, pathological use of alcohol or drugs, characterized by daily intoxication, inability to reduce consumption, and impairment in social or occupational functioning; broadly, alcohol or drug addiction.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SUBSTANCE ABUSE — noun : excessive use of a drug (as alcohol, narcotics, or cocaine) : use of a drug without medical justification
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — over usage of addictive products (drugs, alcohol)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — [substance abuse] n (1982): excessive use of a drug (as alcohol, narcotics, or cocaine): use of a drug without medical …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — ˈsubstance aˌbuse BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the habit of taking too many illegal drugs, in a way that harms your …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But there is another side to the substance abuse equation that may make it less …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — noun Substance abuse is used before these nouns: ↑ problem
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE ABUSE — злоупотребление алкоголем или наркотиками
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
SUBSTANCE — I. ˈsəbztən(t)s, -bst- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin substantia, from substant-, substans (present …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABUSE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABUSE — (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural …
Английский словарь Webster
ABUSE — ( v. t. ) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — — substanceless , adj. /sub"steuhns/ , n. 1. that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABUSE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABUSE — I. ə-ˈbyüs noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French abus, from Latin abusus, from abuti to consume, from ab- + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin substantia, from substant-, substans, present participle of substare to stand under, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE — noun ·same·as hypostasis, 2. 2. substance ·noun material possessions; estate; property; resources. 3. substance ·vt to furnish or endow with …
Webster English vocab
ABUSE — vt physical ill treatment; injury. 2. abuse ·vt to dishonor. 3. abuse ·vt violation; rape; as, abuse of a female …
Webster English vocab
ABUSE — [abuse] n [ME, fr. MF abus, fr. L abusus, fr. abuti to consume, fr. ab- + uti to use] (15c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SUBSTANCE — / ˈsʌbstəns; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a type of solid, liquid or gas that has particular qualities …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABUSE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — sub ‧ stance W3 /ˈsʌbstəns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ substance , ↑ substantiation , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ABUSE — I. a ‧ buse 1 S2 W3 /əˈbjuːs/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [plural, uncountable] cruel or violent treatment of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUBSTANCE — n. 1 a the essential material, esp. solid, forming a thing (the substance was transparent). b a particular kind of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ABUSE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 use to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse (abused his position of power). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SUBSTANCE — n. 1 a the essential material, esp. solid, forming a thing (the substance was transparent). b a particular kind of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — n.1 a the essential material, esp. solid, forming a thing (the substance was transparent). b a particular kind of material …
Oxford English vocab
SUBSTANCE — ( substances) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A substance is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABUSE — The noun is pronounced /əbju:s/. The verb is pronounced /əbju:z/. ( abused) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a banned substance/drug (= a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABUSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a term of abuse (= a word that is offensive or deliberately rude ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABUSE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SUBSTANCE — n. 25B6; noun an organic substance : MATERIAL, matter, stuff. ghostly figures with no substance : SOLIDITY, body, corporeality; density, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ABUSE — n. 25B6; verb the judge abused his power : MISUSE, misapply, misemploy; exploit, take advantage of. he was accused of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SUBSTANCE — n. 1 material, matter, stuff; fabric, composition, make-up She couldn't recognize the substance in the bottle The comet's substance is …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ABUSE — v. 1 misuse, misemploy, pervert, misapply, exploit The officer abused his authority in ordering the forced march at midnight 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ABUSE — 1 noun (a) using something wrongly alcohol abuse or amphetamine abuse or drug abuse or solvent abuse = being mentally …
English Dictionary of Medicine
SUBSTANCE — That which makes a thing what it is and not something else, i.e., essence (ousia) in Greek philosophy. Aristotle said …
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
ABUSE — noun (Drugs) (People and Society) Illegal or excessive use of a drug; the misuse of any substance, especially for its …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
SUBSTANCE — сущ. 1) а) филос. вещество, материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance ≈ химическое вещество hard substance ≈ твердое вещество oily …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABUSE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUBSTANCE — substance.ogg ʹsʌbstəns n 1. вещество heavy porous, yellow, transparent substance - тяжёлое пористое, жёлтое, прозрачное вещество solid substance - твёрдое …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ABUSE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SUBSTANCE — вещество; материал - absorbed substance - absorbing substance - adhesive substance - adsorbed substance - adsorbing substance - air-polluting substance …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SUBSTANCE — вещество; материал - absorbed substance - absorbing substance - adhesive substance - adsorbed substance - adsorbing substance - air-polluting substance - allied substances - anionogenic substance - antistatic substance - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SUBSTANCE — 1) вещественность 2) вещество 3) естество 4) масса 5) материя 6) содержание 7) субстанция 8) суть 9) сущность 10) физ. тело • toxic substance abuse — мед. токсикомания - alpha-active substance - alpha-radioactive …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SUBSTANCE — substance сущ.1) а) филос. материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance — химическое вещество hard substance — твердое вещество oily substance …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SUBSTANCE — n 1. вещество heavy porous, yellow, transparent substance - тяжёлое пористое, жёлтое, прозрачное вещество solid substance - твёрдое тело 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ABUSE
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SUBSTANCE — сущ. 1) а) филос. материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance — химическое вещество hard substance — твердое вещество oily substance …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ABUSE
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SUBSTANCE — сущ. 1) а) филос. материя, субстанция б) вещество chemical substance — химическое вещество hard substance — твердое вещество oily substance — маслянистое вещество pure substance — чистое …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ABUSE
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SUBSTANCE — субстанция, вещество, материя - agglutinating substance - agglutinin-stimulating substance - antimitotic substance - ballast substance - blood group substances - cement substance - chromophilic substance - chromotropic substance - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SUBSTANCE — субстанция, вещество, материя - agglutinating substance - agglutinin-stimulating substance - antimitotic substance - ballast substance - blood group substances - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SUBSTANCE — _n. 1> вещество 2> _филос. материя, вещество, субстанция 3> сущность, суть, содержание; in substance - по существу; по сути; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ABUSE
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ABUSE
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SUBSTANCE — субстанция; вещество - antirot substance - bioactive substance - biodegradable substance - biorefractory substance - cancerogenic substance - clay substance - close substance - conservative substance - dangerous substance - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
SUBSTANCE — вещество; материал - adsorbed substance - antiknock substance - chemical substance - gaseous substance - mother substance - resinous substance - wetting substance
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
ABUSE — 1. сущ. злоупотребление - abuse of authority - abuse of benefits - abuse of credit - abuse of deteriorated quality - abuse of discretion - abuse of …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
ABUSE — злоупотребление [c crimson]|| злоупотреблять - abuse of credit - abuses of deteriorated quality - abuse of environment - abuse of …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
SUBSTANCE — вещество - harmful substance - hazardous substance - noxious substance - toxic substance - working substance
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
ABUSE
Англо-Русский юридический словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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