Substance
noun
A kind of material, solid or liquid.
What kind of substance did you use to clean the floors?
Often appears as...
- substance abuse
- domestic substance
noun
The quality of being meaningful or essential.
There was no substance in his lecture, it was all just jokes.
Often appears as...
- substance of the argument
- substance of the story
noun
A type of drug, usually illegal.
He was caught trafficking illegal substances.
Often appears as...
- controlled substance
- banned substance
Usage tips
Legal
noun
Wealth or possessions.
He came from a family of substance, with a long history in politics.
Often appears as...
- man of substance
- family of substance
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
noun
A kind of material, solid or liquid.
What kind of substance did you use to clean the floors?
Often appears as...
- substance abuse
- domestic substance
noun
The quality of being meaningful or essential.
There was no substance in his lecture, it was all just jokes.
Often appears as...
- substance of the argument
- substance of the story
noun
A type of drug, usually illegal.
He was caught trafficking illegal substances.
Often appears as...
- controlled substance
- banned substance
Usage tips
Legal
noun
Wealth or possessions.
He came from a family of substance, with a long history in politics.
Often appears as...
- man of substance
- family of substance
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Properties
Consider describing what a substance looks, feels, or smells like to convey more detail.
The substance was sticky and black.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Sometimes 'substance' refers to a material you cannot see, like a gas or something dissolved.
The laboratory test detected a harmful substance in the water.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Properties
Consider describing what a substance looks, feels, or smells like to convey more detail.
The substance was sticky and black.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Sometimes 'substance' refers to a material you cannot see, like a gas or something dissolved.
The laboratory test detected a harmful substance in the water.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Properties
Consider describing what a substance looks, feels, or smells like to convey more detail.
The substance was sticky and black.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Sometimes 'substance' refers to a material you cannot see, like a gas or something dissolved.
The laboratory test detected a harmful substance in the water.
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Garth Lenz: The true...
so that the oil companies wouldn't be trying to promote something that sounds like a sticky tar-like substance that's the world's dirtiest oil. So they decided to call it oil sands. The tar sands consume more water than any other oil process, three to five barrels of water are taken, polluted and then returned into tailings ponds,
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How does a jellyfish...
Jellyfish are soft because they are 95% water and are mostly made of a translucent gel-like substance called mesoglea. With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser,
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How does caffeine keep...
it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers. In the human body, caffeine acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system. It keeps us awake by blocking one of the body's key sleep-inducing molecules, a substance called adenosine. Your body needs a constant supply of energy,
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How menstruation works -...
the hormone-producing pituitary gland in the brain starts releasing two substances into the follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature. The follicles respond by pumping out estrogen.
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New Discovery: Blood-Red...
blood binds oxygen so well there could be some potential medical benefits to that and some other things were researching with the worms include they seem to have an unknown substance that reduces the hydrogen sulfide and this could potentially help with reducing
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At what moment are you...
which claimed that living things were unique because they were filled with a special substance, or energy, that was the essence of life. Whether it was called qi, lifeblood, or humors, the belief in such an essence was common throughout the world,
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What does the liver do?...
It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes to convert toxic waste products into this bitter greenish liquid.
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Why doesn’t anything...
carbon and fluorine interact so strongly that the normal, intermolecular forces that help substances stick to each other don't stand a chance. Even the famously adhesive feet of geckos usually can't get a grip. But wait!
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How to rebuild the world...
substance is blass scientists like myself need glass to build the tools to investigate the natural world around us we use glass to make test tubes you can see inside to watch what happens in
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How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
remarkably it takes more than one sperm to start a new life the extra sperm probably releases substances that start the embryos development
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
so that the oil companies wouldn't be trying to promote something that sounds like a sticky tar-like substance that's the world's dirtiest oil. So they decided to call it oil sands. The tar sands consume more water than any other oil process, three to five barrels of water are taken, polluted and then returned into tailings ponds,
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Jellyfish are soft because they are 95% water and are mostly made of a translucent gel-like substance called mesoglea. With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser,
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers. In the human body, caffeine acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system. It keeps us awake by blocking one of the body's key sleep-inducing molecules, a substance called adenosine. Your body needs a constant supply of energy,
Video examples
How menstruation works -...
the hormone-producing pituitary gland in the brain starts releasing two substances into the follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature. The follicles respond by pumping out estrogen.
Video examples
New Discovery: Blood-Red...
blood binds oxygen so well there could be some potential medical benefits to that and some other things were researching with the worms include they seem to have an unknown substance that reduces the hydrogen sulfide and this could potentially help with reducing
Video examples
At what moment are you...
which claimed that living things were unique because they were filled with a special substance, or energy, that was the essence of life. Whether it was called qi, lifeblood, or humors, the belief in such an essence was common throughout the world,
Video examples
What does the liver do?...
It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes to convert toxic waste products into this bitter greenish liquid.
Video examples
Why doesn’t anything...
carbon and fluorine interact so strongly that the normal, intermolecular forces that help substances stick to each other don't stand a chance. Even the famously adhesive feet of geckos usually can't get a grip. But wait!
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
substance is blass scientists like myself need glass to build the tools to investigate the natural world around us we use glass to make test tubes you can see inside to watch what happens in
Video examples
How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
remarkably it takes more than one sperm to start a new life the extra sperm probably releases substances that start the embryos development
Example 1 of 10
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
I think that's the challenge of our generation: if we are all technology natives, how do we live with influence both online and off, and how do we make sure that both of those aren't lacking in some type of deeper human connection and substance?
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Zacky Vengeance
American Musician
Once you can get a fan to listen to an album a handful of times and really have a lot of substance for them to grasp, then you're looking at having a fan that really appreciates what you do for life and can appreciate coming to see it live.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.
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Geoffrey Beene
American Designer
Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.
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Ezra Miller
American Actor
I think I enjoy playing human beings no matter the substance of their character.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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Parvathy
Indian Actress
I don't mind playing a supporting character if it has some substance.
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Gilles Deleuze
Substance must itself be said of the modes and only of the modes.
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Margot Robbie
Australian Actress
I won't take parts where the female character has no substance.
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Lady Randolph Churchill
American Celebrity
One is forever throwing away substance for shadows.
Quote examples
Amanda Gorman
American Poet
I think that's the challenge of our generation: if we are all technology natives, how do we live with influence both online and off, and how do we make sure that both of those aren't lacking in some type of deeper human connection and substance?
Quote examples
Zacky Vengeance
American Musician
Once you can get a fan to listen to an album a handful of times and really have a lot of substance for them to grasp, then you're looking at having a fan that really appreciates what you do for life and can appreciate coming to see it live.
Quote examples
Les Brown
American Speaker
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.
Quote examples
Geoffrey Beene
American Designer
Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.
Quote examples
Ezra Miller
American Actor
I think I enjoy playing human beings no matter the substance of their character.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
Quote examples
Parvathy
Indian Actress
I don't mind playing a supporting character if it has some substance.
Quote examples
Gilles Deleuze
Substance must itself be said of the modes and only of the modes.
Quote examples
Margot Robbie
Australian Actress
I won't take parts where the female character has no substance.
Quote examples
Lady Randolph Churchill
American Celebrity
One is forever throwing away substance for shadows.
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