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substantive

[suhb-stuhn-tiv] / ˈsʌb stən tɪv /
NOUN
nominal
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ADJECTIVE
essential; real
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Over time, a more substantive foil for Mbappé could be Yamal, who plays club soccer for Barcelona and with the Spanish national team, the natural rivals for Real Madrid and France, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

And afterwards, all sides spoke warmly of having held substantive discussions.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

On Saturday, after Kushner and Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House official said the men discussed substantive plans for next steps to resolve the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

He drew a distinction between substantive objections and what he called alarmism.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

It recommended no substantive changes in housing, employment, or schools.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Verbs and substantives are combined as predicate and object.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

It is more like the Greek Ge, which is often suffixed to the nominative substantives.

From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Baron Kencho Suyematsu

In process of; in the act of; into; to; Ð used with verbal substantives in Ðing which begin with a consonant.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

By unity Boole denoted the universe of thinkable objects; literal symbols, such as x, y, z, v, u, &c., were used with the elective meaning attaching to common adjectives and substantives.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

Robert, when eleven years old, showed a deep interest in the study of grammar and language, and ‘excelled as a critic in substantives, verbs, and participles.’

From The Real Robert Burns by J. L. Hughes




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