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substantial [səbˈstænʃəl] adj
1. of a considerable size or value substantial funds 2. worthwhile; important a substantial reform 3. having wealth or importance 4. (Cookery) (of food or a meal) sufficient and nourishing 5. solid or strong in construction, quality, or character a substantial door 6. real; actual; true the evidence is substantial 7. of or relating to the basic or fundamental substance or aspects of a thing 8. (Philosophy) Philosophy of or relating to substance rather than to attributes, accidents, or modifications substantiality [səbˌstænʃɪˈælɪtɪ], substantialness n substantially adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
substantial adjective 1. big, significant, considerable, goodly, large, important, generous, worthwhile, tidy (informal), ample, sizable or sizeable That is a very substantial improvement in the current situation. big small, insignificant, inadequate, poor, pathetic, meagre, skimpy, insubstantial, inconsiderable, niggardly 2. solid, sound, sturdy, strong, firm, massive, hefty, durable, bulky, well-built those fortunate enough to have a fairly substantial property to sell solid weak, rickety, infirm, frail, feeble, light-weight, insubstantial, jerry-built 3. (Formal) real, true, positive, material, actual, valid, weighty talk of imminent and substantial progress real imagined, imaginary, unreal, fictitious, nonexistent, insubstantial Translations substantial [səbˈstænʃəl] ADJ 1. (= significant) [amount, progress, improvement, damage] → considerable, importante; [difference] → importante, sustancial there has been substantial agreement on this question → ha habido un alto or considerable grado de acuerdo sobre esta cuestión to win by a substantial majority → ganar por una mayoría considerable a substantial majority of families → una mayoría considerable de familias 2. (= weighty) [evidence] → sustancial, de peso; [document, book] → sustancioso 3. (= solid) [building] → sólido 4. (= filling) [meal, dish] → sustancioso substantial [səbˈstænʃəl] adj (= considerable) [amount, number, change, improvement] → substantiel(le) She will come into a substantial amount of money → Elle héritera d'une somme substantielle. (= large and solid) [building, house] → robuste substantial adj person, cloth → kräftig; furniture, building, firm → solide; rope → stark; book → umfangreich; meal, dish → reichhaltig (= considerable) income, loss, gain, amount → beträchtlich, erheblich; part, majority, contribution, improvement → wesentlich, bedeutend; (= rich) landowner, businessman → vermögend, kapitalkräftig (= weighty, important) → bedeutend; proof, argument → überzeugend, stichhaltig; difference → wesentlich, bedeutend; to be in substantial agreement → im Wesentlichen übereinstimmen (= real, material) → körperlich, wesenhaft substantial [səbˈstænʃ/əl] adj a. (considerable, amount, progress) → notevole, considerevole; (majority, proportion) → largo/a, grande; (difference) → sostanziale; (solid, building, table) → solido/a; (meal) → sostanzioso/a; (wealthy, landowner, businessman) → ricco/a b. (frm) (real) → reale substantial [səbˈstænʃ/əl] adj a. (considerable, amount, progress) → notevole, considerevole; (majority, proportion) → largo/a, grande; (difference) → sostanziale; (solid, building, table) → solido/a; (meal) → sostanzioso/a; (wealthy, landowner, businessman) → ricco/a b. (frm) (real) → reale adj substantial [səbˈstӕnʃəl] 1 solid or strong a nice substantial table. stewig, sterk قَوي، مَتين، ضَخْم، جَوْهَري масивен solidní solid fest γερός, στέρεος de calidad inferior (a la normal) tugev محكم tukeva solide חָזָק, מוצָק मजबूत čvrst, pouzdan szilárd kokoh traustur solido 堅固な 튼튼한 tvirtas pamatīgs; stiprs kukuh solide solid, sterk solidny forte solid прочный solídny, pevný trden stabilan stabil, stadig, stark แข็งแรง sağlam, dayanıklı 結實的 тривкий, міцний مضبوط یا ٹھوس chắc chắn, chắc nịch 结实的 2 large a substantial sum of money; That meal was quite substantial. wesenlik, substansieel غَني بالمواد الغِذائِيَّه значителен značný, pořádný stor beträchtlicht μεγάλος, ουσιώδης, σημαντικός sustancial; abundante toekas عظيم runsas substantiel גָדוֹל संतोषजनक obilat tekintélyes (mennyiség); kiadós (étel) besar ríflegur sostanzioso; considerevole たっぷりの 상당한 nemenkas, gausus ievērojams; liels besar aanzienlijk betydelig, klekkelig, rikelig pokaźny, niemały substancial substanţial существенный znaťný, poriadny izdaten priličan ansenlig, rejäl, närande มากมาย büyük, esaslı 大的 істотний; поживний بڑا lớn lao, đáng kể 大的 adv subsˈtantially substansieel بصورةٍ جَوْهَرِيَّه، ضَخْمَه، وافِرَه съществено podstatně solidt; stort wesentlich σημαντικά, ουσιαστικά sustancialmente oluliselt اساسا huomattavasti substantiellement בְּמִידָה נִיכֶּרֶת भरपूर, तत्वत: मूल बातों में znatno, temeljno alaposan; szilárdan; alapjában véve dengan kokoh efnislega; nægilega sostanzialmente たっぷりと 실제로, 상당히 gerokai, žymiai pamatīgi; ievērojami; būtiski dengan kukuh aanzienlijk betydelig, rikelig pokaźnie substancialmente (în mod) substanţial по существу podstatne bistveno prilično stabilt อย่างแข็งแกร่ง; โดยส่วนมาก önemli ölçüde 堅固地 по суті; в основному مضبوطی کے ساتھ lớn lao, đáng kể,chắc chắn 坚固地 v substantiate [səbˈstӕnʃieit] to give the facts that are able to prove or support (a claim, theory etc) He cannot substantiate his claim/accusation. toelig, bewys, ondersteun يُثبِت، يُبَرْهِن доказвам dokázat underbygge; dokumentere begründen τεκμηριώνω probar; corroborar tõestama اثبات كردن näyttää toteen justifier לְאָמֵת प्रमाणित करना, साबित करना, सिद्ध करना potkrijepiti, dokazati (tvrdnju) bizonyít mengukuhkan færa sönnur á provare 実証する 확증하다, 구체화하다 pagrásti pamatot mengukuhkan waar maken underbygge, dokumentere uzasadnić, potwierdzić fundamentar a justifica обосновывать dokázať upravičiti potkrepiti bestyrka, bevisa พิสูจน์ kanıtlamak, ispatlamak 證實 наводити достатні підстави; доводити حقیقی بنانا chứng minh 证实 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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She will have occasion for all those attractive powers for which she is celebrated to gain any share of my regard; and I shall certainly endeavour to guard myself against their influence, if not accompanied by something more substantial. In the town were some substantial windowless houses of stone scattered among a wilderness of thatched cabins; the streets were mere crooked alleys, and un- paved; troops of dogs and nude children played in the sun and made life and noise; hogs roamed and rooted contentedly about, and one of them lay in a reeking wallow in the middle of the main thoroughfare and suckled her family. --The very beautiful and substantial side-wheel steamship "Quaker City" has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York June 8th. |
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