How to spell substance

Substance is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-C-E.

hear itsub·stance/'səbstəns/nounRules and real life

What it means: A material with specific physical properties.

In a sentence: The scientist mixed a blue substance with water in the lab.

Same family: substantial, substantive, substantially, essence, material. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Substance” comes from Latin *substantia*, from *sub* (“under”) + *stare* (“to stand”), originally meaning “that which stands under” something, like the real stuff behind appearances in philosophy.

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