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substancial — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • substantial adjective Large enough in size, amount, or value to be significant.
  • substantive adj Of the essence or essential element of a thing.

Senses

substancial is used for these senses in English:

  • substantial Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
  • substantive Of the essence or essential element of a thing.

substantial — full definition

  1. adjective Large enough in size, amount, or value to be significant.
  2. adjective Solid, strong, or well-built.
  3. adjective Real and actual rather than imaginary.

substantive — full definition

  1. adj Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
  2. adj Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
  3. adj Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
  4. adj Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.

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