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adj. Substantial; considerable.

adj. Independent in existence or function; not subordinate.

adj. Not imaginary; actual; real.

adj. Of or relating to the essence or substance; essential: substantive information.

adj. Having a solid basis; firm.

adj. Grammar Expressing or designating existence; for example, the verb to be.

adj. Grammar Designating a noun or noun equivalent.

n. Grammar A word or group of words functioning as a noun.

adj. Of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".

adj. Having substance and prompting thought.

adj. Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law".

adj. Of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.

n. A word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.

adj. Betokening or expressing existence.

adj. Depending on itself; independent.

adj. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.

adj. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles.

n. A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial.

v. To substantivize.

Betokening or expressing existence: as, the substantive verb.

Depending on itself; independent; self-dependent; hence, individual.

Substantial; solid; enduring; firm; permanent; real.

Independent; not to be inferred from something else, but itself explicitly and formally expressed.

In grammar, of the nature of a noun, usable as subject or object of a verb and in other noun constructions: as, a substantive word; a substantive pronoun; a substantive clause.

n. In grammar, a noun; a part of speech that can be used as subject or as object of a verb, be governed by a preposition, or the like.

n. An independent thing or person.

To convert into or use as a substantive.

In biology, concerning or pertaining to the construction or constitution of the parts of the bodies of organisms, as contrasted with the symmetry or merism of these parts in relation to one another.

Milit., actual or real, as rank; having the actual rank of.

adj. defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

n. any word or group of words functioning as a noun

adj. being on topic and prompting thought

adj. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable

"MR. BELL: Well, we have informed the Congress that the part one agreement already rose to the threshold, if you will, of representing a change to the treaty -- what we call a substantive modification -- and therefore, would require congressional approval."

meaningful    essential   

adjective    procedural   

substantive colors    substantive law    substantive verb   

noun    personal pronoun   

substantivise    substantivize    substantival   

independent    enduring    solid    firm    substantial    substantivize    essential    in essence    meaty   

nominative    meaningful    neuter    crucial    definite    constructive    tangible    constitutional    plural    vital