substance
part of speech
noun (a substance, substances; also uncountable for "importance/meaning")
meaning for a pupil
1) A material or kind of matter with particular qualities, like a sticky substance, or a chemical substance such as water, salt or iron. tree →
2) The most important part or real meaning of something: the substance of the story. tree →
3) Something solid and real, not just talk: there was no substance to the rumour. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God promised Abraham that his descendants would leave slavery in Egypt "with great substance." The rabbis saw this as the fulfillment when Israel left Egypt carrying gold, silver and clothing. In Chronicles it is the king's property that officers looked after, in Job the wealth of the wicked is cut off, and in Proverbs "precious substance" means treasures that robbers hope to steal. In the primary lessons: In science, a substance is any kind of matter: solids, liquids and gases are all substances. A pure substance has only one kind of material; a mixture has two or more. Chemical reactions make new substances. In safety, harmful substances such as cleaning products, medicines and chemicals must not be touched, smelled closely or tasted; look for warning symbols and tell an adult. In English, the substance of an essay is its main ideas. Phrases: "a sticky substance", "harmful substances", "a pure substance", "of substance", "substance abuse".
examples
- and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. (Torah GEN.15.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.' (Torah GEN.34.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle. (Torah GEN.36.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. (Writings 1CH.27.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.' (Writings JOB.22.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil; (Writings PRO.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Water is a substance that can be a solid, a liquid or a gas. tree →
- A strange green substance oozed out of the tube. tree →
- Never taste an unknown substance. tree →
- Cleaning products contain harmful substances. tree →
- Salt and sugar are both white substances, but they taste different. tree →
- Mixing two substances can make a new substance. tree →
- The teacher said my essay had good substance. tree →
- There was no substance to the rumour. tree →
- The spade struck against a hard substance; it was a stone, that shone dazzling white. tree →
note
Countable for kinds of material ("two substances"). Spelling: sub-stance. Adjective: substantial (large or important). If someone swallows an unknown substance, tell an adult and call poison control or emergency services straight away; do not try to make them sick.
In the corpora
- and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
- Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
- But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.
- That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «substance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.