substance
/ˈsʌbst(ə)ns/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsʌbst(ə)ns/
substance
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- 2 syllables
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
sub - stance -> substance
Myanmar meaning
(n) အရာဝတ္ထု
Full entry
၁။ [C] အရာ။ ဝတ္ထု။ ဟာ။ ဥစ္စာ။
a poisonous/chemical substance ❍ a sticky substance ❍ She tested positive to a banned substance (ie drug).
၂။ [U] အထည်။ ကိုယ်။ ဒြပ်။ They maintained that ghosts had no substance.
၃။ [U] အခြေအမြစ်။ ယုတ္တိ။ malicious gossip completely without substance ❍ The commission's report gives substance to these allegations.
၄။ [U] အနှစ်သာရ။ the substance of the speech ❍ I agree with the substance of what you say/with what you say in substance.
၅။ [U] (fml ) ငွေကြေး။ ဥစ္စာပစ္စည်း။
a man/woman of substance (ie a wealthy one).
More examples
- The wood is coated with a special substance that protects it from the sun.
- [a hazardous/harmful/radioactive substance] : Some workers had developed cancer after exposure to radioactive substances.
- Heroin is an addictive substance.
- The campus is a substance-free environment.
- Her comments added substance to the debate.
- The band is all glitz and no substance.
- [of substance] : The agency hasn’t accomplished anything of substance for years.
- He refused to discuss the substance of the meetings.
- [substance to] : There is no substance to his accusations.
- [give substance to something] : Their appearance together gave substance to the rumours of their imminent marriage.
Synonyms
matter, material, stuff, body, ABCs, actuality, affluence, amount, animal, assets, basis, being, bottom, bottom line, brass tacks, bulk, burden, center, concreteness, constituent, core, corpus, crux, drift, effect, element, entity, essence, essentiality, estate, fabric, focus, force, fortune, general meaning, gist, gravamen, guts, heart, hunk, import, individual, ingredient, innards, item, kernel, marrow, mass, meaning, means, meat, money, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, object, person, phenomenon, pith, point, property, purport, quintessence, reality, resources, riches, sense, significance, something, soul, staple, strength, subject, sum total, tenor, texture, theme, thing, thrust, upshot, virtuality, way of it, wealth, worth
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