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Meanings of substantive in English

Portuguese
substancial
Catalan
essencial
Spanish
esencial

Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established.

        substancial

        Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.

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              Being on topic and prompting thought.

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                    A word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or idea; a part of speech.

                          Usage of substantive in English
                          1
                          Unfortunately, hooks's statements provoke, without creating space for difference or substantive debate.
                          The Guardian
                          2
                          Other than that, NZTA's only substantive research was done 15 years ago.
                          Radio NZ
                          3
                          Key issue to watch: -Progress on resuming substantive talks with Pakistan.
                          Reuters
                          4
                          Rouhani has to deliver substantive changes otherwise it's not going to work.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          That should now be the main issue in the eventual substantive hearing.
                          Radio NZ
                          6
                          And Australians desperately want a substantive change, not just a new style.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          Turkey has applied to join but substantive negotiations have not yet begun.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          The court was adjourned to today for the substantive hearing to resume.
                          Radio NZ
                          9
                          Eventually those lunches evolved into occasions for serious talk about substantive issues.
                          True compass: a memoir
                          10
                          These tensions coincide with potential acquiescence by China on other substantive issues.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          This is the date set for substantive negotiations in the Stormont talks.
                          The Irish Times
                          12
                          Scant mention is made of any substantive achievements made under his presidency.
                          The Irish Times
                          13
                          This constitutes the actual substantive disagreement between the two major party candidates.
                          NY Magazine
                          14
                          Transfer that anger into passion and get busy making real, substantive change.
                          Ebony
                          15
                          Markets are awaiting substantive announcements that would show the direction of policy.
                          Reuters
                          16
                          Overall, FRPs presented at least twice as many procedural as substantive characteristics.
                          Pubmed
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                          Translations for substantive
                          Catalan
                          essencial
                          Substantive through the time
                          Substantive across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          New Zealand
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common
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