"substance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌbstəns/ [US], [ˈsʌbstənts] [US] Audio: en-us-substance.ogg [US] Forms: substances [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbstəns Etymology: From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|substance}} Middle English substance, {{der|en|fro|substance}} Old French substance, {{der|en|la|substantia|t=substance, essence}} Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), {{m|la|substāns}} substāns, {{m|la|substō|lit=stand under|t=exist}} substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), {{m|la|sub}} sub, {{m|la|stō|t=stand}} stō (“stand”), {{ncog|ang|andweorc}} Old English andweorc Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} substance (countable and uncountable, plural substances)
  1. Physical matter; material. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: matter, stuff
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-en:stuff
  2. Physical matter; material.
    A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: matter, stuff Translations (a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties): вещество (veštestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), substancia [feminine] (Galician), ნივთიერება (nivtiereba) (Georgian), damhna [masculine] (Irish), pūmatū (Maori)
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-en:stuff1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 31 14 1 25 7 9 6 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 9 1 15 4 6 4 12 13 4 0 Disambiguation of 'a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties': 19 59 4 1 9 3 5
  3. The essential part of anything; the most vital part. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: crux, gist Translations (essential part): οὐσία (ousía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), էություն (ēutʿyun) (Armenian), sustancia [feminine] (Asturian), същност (sǎštnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), substància [feminine] (Catalan), 實質 (Chinese Mandarin), 实质 (shízhì) (Chinese Mandarin), podstata [feminine] (Czech), substance [feminine] (Czech), substans (Danish), hovedindhold (Danish), ydin (Finnish), substanssi (Finnish), olemus (Finnish), substance [feminine] (French), fond [masculine] (French), substancia [feminine] (Galician), არსი (arsi) (Georgian), Substanz [feminine] (German), ουσία (ousía) [feminine] (Greek), תוכן (tókhen) [masculine] (Hebrew), lényeg (Hungarian), szubsztancia (Hungarian), 骨子 (kosshi) (Japanese), 본질 (bonjil) (alt: 本質) (Korean), 실질 (siljil) (alt: 實質) (Korean), substantia [feminine] (Latin), tino (Maori), substans [masculine] (Norwegian), istota [feminine] (Polish), substância [feminine] (Portuguese), substanță [feminine] (Romanian), су́щность (súščnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), susbaint [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), sustancia [feminine] (Spanish), substans [common-gender] (Swedish), ใจความ (jai-kwaam) (Thai), แก่นสาร (Thai)
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-oxmiIWsN Disambiguation of 'essential part': 5 7 68 3 4 4 9
  4. Substantiality; solidity; firmness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (substantiality; solidity; firmness): rakenne (Finnish), substancia [feminine] (Galician), cerna [feminine] (Galician), miolo [masculine] (Galician), 실체 (silche) (alt: 實體) (Korean), 본질 (bonjil) (alt: 本質) (Korean), enjundia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-BgK7HxXe Disambiguation of 'substantiality; solidity; firmness': 1 1 1 96 1 1 1
  5. Material possessions; estate; property; resources. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (material possessions): οὐσία (ousía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), имущество (imuštestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 資產 (Chinese Mandarin), 资产 (zīchǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 財產 (Chinese Mandarin), 财产 (cáichǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), formue (Danish), varat [plural] (Finnish), varallisuus (Finnish), biens [masculine, plural] (French), bens [masculine, plural] (Galician), Substanz [feminine] (German), περιουσία (periousía) [feminine] (Greek), vagyon (Hungarian), 자산 (jasan) (alt: 資產) (Korean), 재산 (jaesan) (alt: 財產) (Korean), formue [masculine] (Norwegian), majątek [masculine] (Polish), riqueza [feminine] (Portuguese), substanță [feminine] (Romanian), вес (ves) [masculine] (Russian), sustancia [feminine] (Spanish), resurs [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-bt~aEd6e Disambiguation of 'material possessions': 13 13 3 1 68 1 2
  6. Drugs (illegal narcotics) Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dope, gear Translations (drugs): 物質 (Chinese Mandarin), 物质 (wùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 毒品 (dúpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), aineet [plural] (Finnish), substancia [feminine] (Galician), Substanz [feminine] (German), ουσίες (ousíes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), szer (Hungarian), 마약 (mayak) (alt: 麻藥) (Korean), narkotika (Norwegian), narkotika [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), stoff [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), substans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), narkotyk [masculine] (Polish), substância [feminine] (Portuguese), drog [neuter] (Romanian), narcotic [neuter] (Romanian), вещество́ (veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), substans [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-b34yud4l Disambiguation of 'drugs': 4 4 2 2 4 79 4
  7. (theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Theology
    Sense id: en-substance-en-noun-zyUOmeLp Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: substaunce [archaic], corporeity, body, mass, material, matter, stuff, substance Hyponyms: gas, liquid, solid, food Holonyms: plenum Related terms: subsist, substantial, substantive Translations (physical matter; material — see also matter): substancë [feminine] (Albanian), lëndë [feminine] (Albanian), οὐσία (ousía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὕλη (húlē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَادَّة (mādda) [feminine] (Arabic), նյութ (nyutʿ) (Armenian), sustancia [feminine] (Asturian), maddə (Azerbaijani), матдә (matdə) (Bashkir), рэ́чыва (réčyva) [neuter] (Belarusian), субста́нцыя (substáncyja) [feminine, literary] (Belarusian), পদার্থ (podartho) (Bengali), вещество́ (veštestvó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), субста́нция (substáncija) [feminine, literary] (Bulgarian), ဒြပ် (drap) (Burmese), substància [feminine] (Catalan), 物質 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 物质 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 物質 (Chinese Cantonese), 物质 (mat⁶ zat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 物質 (Chinese Mandarin), 物质 (wùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), látka [feminine] (Czech), substans (Danish), masse (Danish), substantie [feminine] (Dutch), substanco (Esperanto), aine (Estonian), aine (Finnish), materia (Finnish), substance [feminine] (French), substancia [feminine] (Galician), ნივთიერება (nivtiereba) (Georgian), Substanz [feminine] (German), Stoff [masculine] (German), ουσία (ousía) [feminine] (Greek), חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) [masculine] (Hebrew), पदार्थ (padārth) [masculine] (Hindi), वस्तु (vastu) [feminine] (Hindi), anyag (Hungarian), tartalom (Hungarian), efni [neuter] (Icelandic), zat (Indonesian), mianach [masculine] (Irish), damhna [masculine] (Irish), sostanza [feminine] (Italian), 物質 (busshitsu) (Japanese), зат (zat) (Kazakh), វត្ថុ (vŏətthoʼ) (Khmer), 물질 (muljil) (alt: 物質) (Korean), зат (zat) (Kyrgyz), ສະສານ (sa sān) (Lao), substantia [feminine] (Latin), materia [feminine] (Latin), viela [feminine] (Latvian), medžiaga [feminine] (Lithuanian), супстанција (supstancija) [feminine] (Macedonian), bahan (Malay), zat (Malay), matū (Maori), pūmatū (Maori), kiko (Maori), бодис (bodis) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠪᠣᠳᠠᠰ (bodas) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), made (Northern Kurdish), substans [masculine] (Norwegian), masse [masculine] (Norwegian), andweorc [neuter] (Old English), ماده (mādá) [feminine] (Pashto), ماده (mâdde) (Persian), substancja [feminine] (Polish), substância [feminine] (Portuguese), substanță [feminine] (Romanian), вещество́ (veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), субста́нция (substáncija) [feminine, literary] (Russian), мате́рия (matérija) [feminine] (Russian), супста̀нца [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), supstànca [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), látka [feminine] (Slovak), snov [feminine] (Slovene), sustancia [feminine] (Spanish), ämne [neuter] (Swedish), substans [common-gender] (Swedish), модда (modda) (Tajik), матдә (matdä) (Tatar), పదార్థము (padārthamu) (Telugu), สสาร (sà-sǎan) (Thai), madde (Turkish), madda (Turkmen), речовина́ (rečovyná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), субста́нція (substáncija) [feminine, literary] (Ukrainian), مادہ (māda) (Urdu), ماددا (madda) (Uyghur), modda (Uzbek), vật chất (alt: 物質) (Vietnamese), 物質 (Wu Chinese), 物质 (⁵veq-tseq) (Wu Chinese), מאַטעריע (materye) [feminine] (Yiddish)

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌbstəns/ [US], [ˈsʌbstənts] [US] Audio: en-us-substance.ogg [US] Forms: substances [present, singular, third-person], substancing [participle, present], substanced [participle, past], substanced [past]
Rhymes: -ʌbstəns Etymology: From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|substance}} Middle English substance, {{der|en|fro|substance}} Old French substance, {{der|en|la|substantia|t=substance, essence}} Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), {{m|la|substāns}} substāns, {{m|la|substō|lit=stand under|t=exist}} substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), {{m|la|sub}} sub, {{m|la|stō|t=stand}} stō (“stand”), {{ncog|ang|andweorc}} Old English andweorc Head templates: {{en-verb}} substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced)
  1. (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial. Tags: rare, transitive Related terms: style
    Sense id: en-substance-en-verb-ioX1o8xS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: substaunce [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "tags": [
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          "text": "1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth\nThis edition is the same in substance with the Latin."
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          "ref": "1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace",
          "text": "It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.",
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          "roman": "ēutʿyun",
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          "word": "էություն"
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        {
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          "_dis1": "5 7 68 3 4 4 9",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 7 68 3 4 4 9",
          "code": "fi",
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        {
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          ],
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "5 7 68 3 4 4 9",
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          "_dis1": "5 7 68 3 4 4 9",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "word": "Substanz"
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          "sense": "material possessions",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "13 13 3 1 68 1 2",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "13 13 3 1 68 1 2",
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          "_dis1": "4 4 2 2 4 79 4",
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        {
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "drugs",
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            "plural"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 4 2 2 4 79 4",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
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      "word": "субста́нцыя"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "podartho",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "পদার্থ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veštestvó",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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        "literary"
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      "roman": "drap",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ဒြပ်"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "substància"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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      "word": "物質"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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    {
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物質"
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    {
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "物质"
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      "word": "物質"
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    {
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      "code": "wuu",
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      "word": "物质"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "látka"
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    {
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "substans"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "masse"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "aine"
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "aine"
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    {
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "materia"
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      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "substance"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "substancia"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nivtiereba",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ნივთიერება"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Substanz"
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    {
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ουσία"
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    {
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      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "οὐσία"
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    {
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      "roman": "húlē",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ὕλη"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "padārth",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "पदार्थ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vastu",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
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      "word": "tartalom"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
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    {
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "zat"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mianach"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damhna"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sostanza"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
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      "roman": "busshitsu",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物質"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zat",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "зат"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vŏətthoʼ",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "វត្ថុ"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "muljil",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "물질"
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    {
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "made"
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      "roman": "zat",
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      "word": "зат"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa sān",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ສະສານ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "substantia"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "viela"
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      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "supstancija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "супстанција"
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      "word": "matū"
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    {
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      "lang": "Maori",
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    {
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "kiko"
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    {
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      "roman": "bodas",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ᠪᠣᠳᠠᠰ"
    },
    {
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "substans"
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    {
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "masse"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "roman": "mādá",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ماده"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâdde",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ماده"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "substancja"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substância"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substanță"
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    {
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      "roman": "veščestvó",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вещество́"
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    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "substáncija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "субста́нция"
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    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matérija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "мате́рия"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "супста̀нца"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "supstànca"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "látka"
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    {
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snov"
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    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sustancia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 42 3 1 6 3 4",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ämne"
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    {
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    "Requests for review of Slovak translations",
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    "Requests for review of Turkish translations",
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      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "مَادَّة"
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      "word": "նյութ"
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рэ́чыва"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "substáncyja",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "субста́нцыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "podartho",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "পদার্থ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veštestvó",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вещество́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "substáncija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "субста́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "drap",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ဒြပ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substància"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mat⁶ zat¹",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物质"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "物质"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùzhì",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物质"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁵veq-tseq",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物质"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "látka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "substans"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "masse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substantie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "substanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "aine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "aine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "materia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nivtiereba",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ნივთიერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Substanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stoff"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ουσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οὐσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "húlē",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὕλη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupóstasis",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὑπόστασις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khómer",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חומר \\ חֹמֶר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "padārth",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पदार्थ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vastu",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वस्तु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "anyag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "tartalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "efni"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "zat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mianach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damhna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sostanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "busshitsu",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zat",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "зат"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vŏətthoʼ",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "វត្ថុ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "物質",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "muljil",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "물질"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "made"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "zat",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "зат"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa sān",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ສະສານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "materia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viela"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "medžiaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "supstancija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "супстанција"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "bahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "zat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "matū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "pūmatū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "kiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bodis",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бодис"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bodas",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠪᠣᠳᠠᠰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "substans"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "masse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "andweorc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "mādá",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ماده"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâdde",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ماده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substância"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "veščestvó",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вещество́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "substáncija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "субста́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matérija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мате́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "супста̀нца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supstànca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "látka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snov"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sustancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ämne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "substans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "modda",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "модда"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "matdä",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "матдә"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "padārthamu",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "పదార్థము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-sǎan",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "สสาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "madde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "madda"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rečovyná",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "речовина́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "substáncija",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "субста́нція"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "māda",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "مادہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "madda",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "ماددا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "modda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "物質",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "word": "vật chất"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "materye",
      "sense": "physical matter; material — see also matter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מאַטעריע"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēutʿyun",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "էություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sustancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎštnost",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "същност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substància"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "實質"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shízhì",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "实质"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podstata"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substance"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "substans"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "hovedindhold"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "ydin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "substanssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "olemus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substance"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fond"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arsi",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "არსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Substanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ουσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οὐσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tókhen",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תוכן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "lényeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "szubsztancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kosshi",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "骨子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "本質",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "본질"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "essential part",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "ใจความ"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "essential part",
      "word": "แก่นสาร"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substantiality; solidity; firmness",
      "word": "rakenne"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "substantiality; solidity; firmness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cerna"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "substantiality; solidity; firmness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "miolo"
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      "alt": "實體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "silche",
      "sense": "substantiality; solidity; firmness",
      "word": "실체"
    },
    {
      "alt": "本質",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bonjil",
      "sense": "substantiality; solidity; firmness",
      "word": "본질"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substantiality; solidity; firmness",
      "word": "enjundia"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "imuštestvo",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "имущество"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "資產"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zīchǎn",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "资产"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "財產"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cáichǎn",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "财产"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "formue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "varat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "varallisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "biens"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bens"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Substanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "periousía",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περιουσία"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ousía",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "vagyon"
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      "alt": "資產",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jasan",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "word": "자산"
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      "alt": "財產",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaesan",
      "sense": "material possessions",
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formue"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majątek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riqueza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "substanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ves",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вес"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "material possessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sustancia"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "material possessions",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "resurs"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veštestvo",
      "sense": "a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties",
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      ],
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nivtiereba",
      "sense": "a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties",
      "word": "ნივთიერება"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties",
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      "word": "damhna"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties",
      "word": "pūmatū"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "drugs",
      "word": "物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùzhì",
      "sense": "drugs",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dúpǐn",
      "sense": "drugs",
      "word": "毒品"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "drugs",
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      "word": "aineet"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "drugs",
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      "word": "substancia"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "drugs",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Substanz"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ousíes",
      "sense": "drugs",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "drugs",
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      "alt": "麻藥",
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "drugs",
      "word": "마약"
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      "sense": "drugs",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "drugs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "narcotic"
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      "code": "ru",
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