Dictionary entry
Substance
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbst(ə)ns/
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌbst(ə)ns/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) အရာဝတ္ထု
Definition
substance /'sʌbstǝns/ n ၁။ [C] အရာ။ ဝတၳဳ။ ဟာ။ ဥစၥာ။ a poisonous/chemical substance ❍ a sticky substance ❍ She tested positive to a banned substance (ie drug). ၂။ [U] အထည္။ ကိုယ္။ ျဒပ္။ They maintained that ghosts had no substance. ၃။ [U] အေျခအျမစ္။ ယုတၱိ။ malicious gossip completely without substance ❍ The commission's report gives substance to these allegations. ၄။ [U] အႏွစ္သာရ။ the substance of the speech ❍ I agree with the substance of what you say/with what you say in substance. ၅။ [U] ( fml ) ေငြေၾကး။ ဥစၥာပစၥည္း။ a man/woman of substance (ie a wealthy one).
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.