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How to pronounce substance
Say it like this: /ˈsʌbstəns/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does substance mean?
nounPhysical matter; material.
A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
“1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.”
verbTo give substance to; to make real or substantial.
“If life were nothing but what gets phrased and substanced, the world might as well be rolled up and laid away again in darkness.”
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