"substantive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/ [US], /səbˈstæntɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantive.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantive2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more substantive [comparative], most substantive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|substantif}} Middle English substantif, {{der|en|fro|substantif}} Old French substantif Head templates: {{en-adj}} substantive (comparative more substantive, superlative most substantive)
  1. Of the essence or essential element of a thing. Synonyms: essential, in essence
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-o7KA3dUR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 4 2 7 19 3 9 5 1 14 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 12 12 8 3 7 13 7 9 12 2 15
  2. Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
    (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
    Tags: broadly Synonyms: essential, in essence
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-tIqwwo7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 4 2 7 19 3 9 5 1 14 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 12 12 8 3 7 13 7 9 12 2 15
  3. Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial. Synonyms: meaty, substantial Translations (having substance and prompting thought): բովանդակային (bovandakayin) (Armenian), dolğun (Azerbaijani), oleellinen (Finnish), olennainen (Finnish), substantif (French), ábhartha (Irish), sostanziale (Italian), concreto (Italian), содр́жаен (sodŕžaen) (Macedonian), зна́чаен (znáčaen) (Macedonian), содержа́тельный (soderžátelʹnyj) (Russian), змісто́вний (zmistóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-en:substantial Disambiguation of 'having substance and prompting thought': 5 23 61 2 2 2 3 2
  4. (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right. Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: applying to essential legal principles): aineellinen (Finnish), aineellisoikeudellinen (Finnish), materiell (German), érdemi (Hungarian), sostanziale (Italian), materiale (Italian), материја́лен (materijálen) (Macedonian), материа́льный (materiálʹnyj) (Russian), sustanziali (Sicilian), matiriali (Sicilian), materiell (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-en:legal_rights Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: applying to essential legal principles': 10 10 2 71 2 1 1 3
  5. (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant): suora- (Finnish), substantiivinen (Finnish), direct (French), substantif (French)
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-JyKCKsGC Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant': 3 4 5 3 77 3 1 4
  6. Depending on itself; independent. Translations (independent): самостоятелен (samostojatelen) (Bulgarian), независим (nezavisim) (Bulgarian), riippumaton (Finnish), itsenäinen (Finnish), неза́висен (nezávisen) (Macedonian), само́стоен (samóstoen) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-qE7ilesn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 4 2 7 19 3 9 5 1 14 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 12 12 8 3 7 13 7 9 12 2 15 Disambiguation of 'independent': 2 2 2 1 1 87 1 3
  7. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: substantival
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-CQB6-vXX Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  8. (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment Categories (topical): Military Translations (military: actually and legally held): varsinainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-adj-ikL~pgW7 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military: actually and legally held': 7 7 3 4 3 8 1 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: substantive proper [noun], substantive adjective, substantive case, substantive genitive, substantive law, substantively, substantive verb, substantivise, substantivize Translations (of the essence or essential element of a thing): съществен (sǎštestven) (Bulgarian), oleellinen (Finnish), olennainen (Finnish), ábhartha (Irish), essenziale (Italian), су́штествен (súštestven) (Macedonian), substantivo (Portuguese), substancial (Portuguese), essencial (Portuguese), sustantivo (Spanish), sustancial (Spanish), materiell (Swedish), ot (Uzbek)
Disambiguation of 'of the essence or essential element of a thing': 43 43 3 3 2 3 1 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/ [US], /səbˈstæntɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantive.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantive2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: substantives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|substantif}} Middle English substantif, {{der|en|fro|substantif}} Old French substantif Head templates: {{en-noun}} substantive (plural substantives)
  1. (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive or clipping of substantive noun. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, noun, substantive Alternative form of: substantive noun Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: noun (english: sensu stricto), noun substantive
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-noun-en:noun Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Nouns Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 12 12 8 3 7 13 7 9 12 2 15 Disambiguation of Nouns: 5 6 9 6 6 8 4 7 20 11 19 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-noun-qgwGlEdv Categories (other): Nouns Disambiguation of Nouns: 5 6 9 6 6 8 4 7 20 11 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: subst. [abbreviation] Derived forms: substantivise, substantivize, substantival, substantivally, verbal substantive

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/ [US], /səbˈstæntɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantive.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantive2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: substantives [present, singular, third-person], substantiving [participle, present], substantived [participle, past], substantived [past]
Etymology: From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|substantif}} Middle English substantif, {{der|en|fro|substantif}} Old French substantif Head templates: {{en-verb}} substantive (third-person singular simple present substantives, present participle substantiving, simple past and past participle substantived)
  1. (grammar, very rare) To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: substantivize, nominalize
    Sense id: en-substantive-en-verb-en:verb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Nouns, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 4 2 7 19 3 9 5 1 14 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 12 12 8 3 7 13 7 9 12 2 15 Disambiguation of Nouns: 5 6 9 6 6 8 4 7 20 11 19 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 13 13 3 1 5 16 2 6 4 4 34 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Related terms: adjectivize, adjectivise, adjective, adjectify, adverbialize, adverbialise, adverb [rare], adverbify [rare], adverbize, nominalize, nominalise, substantivize, substantivise, noun, nounify [rare], verbalize, verbalise, verb [colloquial], verbify

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "of the essence or essential element of a thing",
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        "To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "part of speech",
          "part of speech"
        ],
        [
          "substantive",
          "substantive#English:_noun"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, very rare) To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:verb"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "substantivize"
        },
        {
          "word": "nominalize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌbstəntɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səbˈstæntɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "substantive"
}

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