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substantive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | substantial |
substantive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | meaty |
Examples of substantive
substantive
The final substantive clause removes the presumption in favour of trial by jury.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ed is a substantive politician and the vision is more important than the slogan.
From the guardian.co.uk
This is the year that the Utah Legislature will pass substantive ethics reforms.
From the sltrib.com
Often bereft of allies, they have struggled to make substantive political gains.
From the sacbee.com
The two exchanged pleasantries but made no substantive remarks before reporters.
From the fresnobee.com
The handover in a few days is partly symbolic, partly legal, partly substantive.
From the economist.com
Globally, the trend appears to be towards more substantive extradition hearings.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
He hasn't faced substantive opposition since, and has been reelected five times.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Here the media attempt to undermine the substantive case for Romney's candidacy.
From the bostonherald.com
- Any word or group of words functioning as a noun
- Substantial: having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"
- Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
- Meaty: being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
- In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.
- (Substantivity) The substantivist position, first proposed by Karl Polanyi in his work The Great Transformation, argues that the term 'economics' has two meanings. ...
- A word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature; Of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information"; Having substance and prompting thought; Applying to essential legal principles and rules ...
- (substantively) In a substantive manner, or to a substantive extent
- (Substantivity) An attribute of some active ingredients that adhere to the stratum corneum, remaining on the skin after rinsing or drying, to provide an inhibitory effect on the growth of bacteria remaining on the skin.
