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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•stan•tive /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - belonging to the real nature or essential part of a thing.
- of a great or considerable amount or quantity.
- having practical importance, value, use, or effect:Health care and jobs are substantive issues to most Americans.
n. [countable] - Grammara noun.
- Grammara pronoun, adjective, or other word or phrase that functions as a noun.
See -stan-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•stan•tive (sub′stən tiv),USA pronunciation n. [Gram.]- Grammara noun.
- Grammara pronoun or other word or phrase functioning or inflected like a noun.
adj. - Grammar
- pertaining to substantives.
- used in a sentence like a noun:a substantive adjective.
- expressing existence:"to be'' is a substantive verb.
- having independent existence;
independent. - belonging to the real nature or essential part of a thing;
essential. - real or actual.
- of considerable amount or quantity.
- possessing substance;
having practical importance, value, or effect:substantive issues under discussion. - Lawpertaining to the rules of right which courts are called on to apply, as distinguished from rules of procedure (opposed to adjective).
- Textiles(of dye colors) attaching directly to the material without the aid of a mordant (opposed to adjective).
- Late Latin substantīvus, equivalent. to Latin substant(ia) substance + -īvus -ive
- Middle English 1350–1400
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