Engelsk navneord: substance | |||
1. | substance the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | DNA is the substance of our genes. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | component, component part, constituent, matter, part, portion | ||
Mere specifikke termer | activator, atom, body substance, chemical element, chemistry, element, element, essence, fluid, living substance, material, medium, medium, mixture, phlogiston, protoplasm, stuff, substrate, volatile | ||
2. | substance (om erkendelse) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The gist of the prosecutor's argument. The heart and soul of the Republican Party. The nub of the story. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, sum | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cognitive content, content, mental object | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bare bones, haecceity, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff | ||
3. | substance (om erkendelse) the idea that is intended | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | What is the meaning of this proverb?. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | meaning | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | idea, thought | ||
Mere specifikke termer | connotation, denotation, extension, implication, import, reference, reference, semantics, significance, strain, tenor, undercurrent, undertone | ||
4. | substance (om masse el. substans) material of a particular kind or constitution | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The immune response recognizes invading substances. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | physical entity | ||
5. | substance (om forhold) considerable capital (wealth or income) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He is a man of means. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | means | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | capital | ||
Mere specifikke termer | pocketbook, wherewithal | ||
6. | substance (om kommunikation) what a communication that is about something is about | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | content, message, subject matter | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | communication | ||
Mere specifikke termer | acknowledgement, acknowledgment, approval, aside, body, bunk, commendation, commitment, corker, counsel, counseling, counselling, dedication, digression, direction, direction, disapproval, discourtesy, disrespect, divagation, drivel, entry, excursus, garbage, guidance, hokum, humor, humour, import, info, information, insertion, instruction, interpolation, latent content, meaning, meaninglessness, memorial, narration, narrative, nonsense, nonsensicality, offer, offering, opinion, packaging, parenthesis, petition, postulation, promotion, promotional material, proposal, publicity, refusal, reminder, request, respects, sensationalism, shocker, significance, signification, statement, statement, story, subject, submission, tale, theme, topic, view, wit, witticism, wittiness | ||
7. | substance a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | matter | ||
Mere specifikke termer | adulterant, adulterator, agent, allergen, antigen, assay, carcinogen, chemical irritant, denaturant, digestive, elixir, ferment, fomentation, food, fuel, humectant, hydrocolloid, inhibitor, inoculant, inoculum, jelly, leaven, leavening, ligand, lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator, lysin, metabolite, nutrient, nutrient, philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, poison, poisonous substance, propellant, propellent, pyrectic, pyrogen, pyrogen, refrigerant, toxicant, vehicle | ||