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Word: substantive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • chemistry Of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
  • Having substance and prompting thought.
  • legal Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law".
  • Of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".

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Noun:

  • grammar A Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.

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