substantive
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- noun
- /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/
- Specialized
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sustantivo
- This is like a substantive object, man.
Examples
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"That was the one substantive
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Substantive was defined as meetings in which the participants had sufficient time to discuss, in some depth, concerns or questions of the beginning teacher.
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Please note, however, that only comments addressing the substantive
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I do agree politically with what this guy is saying, but I personally would have liked to have a substantive
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Granting the motion for reconsideration, the district court held that if California's substantive
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Following this reasoning, the EAB made two basic rulings: the first procedural and the second substantive.
Academic text (2000) -
It's not conceived of quite that way in some of the other Stoics who don't use that term, but that that gives you a sense there is a substantive self for Stoicism.
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In linguistics, the term substantive refers to a word that functions as a noun.
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Words like 'dog,' 'happiness,' and 'freedom' are examples of substantive nouns in English.
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When studying grammar, it is essential to identify substantive elements in a sentence.
Synonyms
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A word that names a person, place, thing or idea and appears as subject and as object in a sentence
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A coloring that sticks to fibers like cotton or rayon without extra treatment
Surface Forms
Morphology
substantive = substantive (semi-transparent) = substance + ive
The noun is a conversion from the adjective form, but the grammatical term has a specialized meaning that is not fully predictable from the everyday adjective.
Etymology
Substantive comes from sub- 'under' and the idea of 'stand', the same root as substance and English stand. So a grammatical substantive is a word that 'stands' as a noun on its own.