substantive
See also: Substantive and substantivé
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
substantive (comparative more substantive, superlative most substantive)
- of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- Synonyms: essential, in essence
- substantive information
- 2012 October 6, “The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game”, in The Economist[1]:
- In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.
- (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial.
- substantive changes made by the lawyers
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- 1836 [1829], William Hazlitt, “Definition of wit”, in Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt[2], page 19:
- Once more then, strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner;
- Synonyms: meaty, substantial
- Antonyms: superficial, trivial
- (law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- substantive law
- Antonyms: adjective, procedural
- (chemistry) of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
- Antonym: adjective
- Depending on itself; independent.
- 1765 [1627], Francis Bacon, “New Atlantis”, in The Works of Francis Bacon[3], page 356:
- He therefore taking into consideration, how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid at all of the foreigner,
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- Synonym: substantival
- (military, of a rank or appointment) actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
of the essence or essential element of a thing
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having substance and prompting thought
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law: applying to essential legal principles
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independent
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of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant
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substantival — see substantival
military: actually and legally held
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NounEdit
substantive (plural substantives)
- (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: (sensu stricto) noun, noun substantive
- Hypernym: (sensu lato) noun
- Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
- Coordinate term: accidental
Alternative formsEdit
- subst. (abbreviation used in lexicography and grammar)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
noun — see noun
VerbEdit
substantive (third-person singular simple present substantives, present participle substantiving, simple past and past participle substantived)
- (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
- Synonyms: substantivize, nominalize
Usage notesEdit
- The pronunciation with penultimate stress is common, based on that of substantial, but mainly proscribed.
See alsoEdit
(converting into or using as another part of speech:)
- adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
- adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb
- nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
- verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /syp.stɑ̃.tiv/
Audio (file) - Homophone: substantives
AdjectiveEdit
substantive
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sub.stanˈtiː.u̯e/, [s̠ʊps̠t̪än̪ˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.stanˈti.ve/, [subst̪än̪ˈt̪iːve]
AdjectiveEdit
substantīve
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
substantive
- inflection of substantivar:
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
substantive
- plural of substantiv
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
substantive
- inflection of substantivar: