substance

/sʌbstəns/

意味: 物質、本質

例文: Philo studied the soil’s substance.
　　  フィロは土壌の物質を調べた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: chemical substance(化学物質), illegal substance(違法物質), active substance(活性物質)

定義: 物質や材料のことを指します。具体的には、物の中に含まれる成分や要素を意味します。科学や化学の分野でよく使われ、液体、固体、気体などの形で存在します。

substanceは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Noun: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Noun: the idea that is intended
Noun: material of a particular kind or constitution
Noun: considerable capital (wealth or income)
Noun: what a communication that is about something is about
Noun: a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The scientist analyzed the unknown substance carefully.(科学者は未知の物質を慎重に分析した。)
This substance is essential for the chemical reaction.(この物質は化学反応に不可欠だ。)
She found a new substance in the ancient artifact.(彼女は古代の遺物で新しい物質を見つけた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: DNA is the substance of our genes
Noun: the gist of the prosecutor’s argument
Noun: the heart and soul of the Republican Party
Noun: the nub of the story
Noun: What is the meaning of this proverb?
Noun: the immune response recognizes invading substances
Noun: he is a man of means
Noun: shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): center, centre, content, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meaning, means, meat, message, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, subject matter, substance, sum

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): capital, communication, content, idea, matter, part, physical entity

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acculturation, antimatter, auditory communication, basis, belief, burden, butt, causal agent, cogitation, concept, contagion, dark matter, detail, didacticism, display, document, education, emanation, endowment, experience, expressive style, figment, fluid, food, generalization, glop, goal, heresy, idea, ideal, idealization, ignorance, impression, indication, inspiration, issue, item, kernel, keynote, kink, knowledge domain, language, language unit, lore, matter, meaning, means, member, message, metaknowledge, misconception, notion, noumenon, object, paralanguage, plan, preoccupation, principal, process, psychic communication, publication, reaction, remainder, representation, residue, sediment, sign, signal, sludge, solid, solute, subpart, substance, suggestion, system, theme, theorem, thing, topic, tradition, unbelief, unit, universe, vegetable matter, visual communication, voice, wisdom, written communication, ylem

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): acknowledgment, activator, adulterant, agent, allergen, antigen, approval, assay, atom, bare bones, body, body substance, carcinogen, chemical element, chemical irritant, chemistry, commitment, connotation, corker, denaturant, digestive, digression, direction, disapproval, disrespect, drivel, element, essence, ferment, fluid, fomentation, food, fuel, guidance, humectant, hydrocolloid, hypostasis, information, inhibitor, inoculant, interpolation, jelly, latent content, leaven, ligand, lubricant, lysin, material, meaning, medium, memorial, metabolite, mixture, narrative, nonsense, nutrient, offer, opinion, philosopher’s stone, phlogiston, pocketbook, poison, promotion, propellant, proposal, protoplasm, pyrogen, quiddity, quintessence, reference, refrigerant, refusal, reminder, request, respects, semantics, sensationalism, shocker, significance, statement, stuff, subject, submission, substrate, tenor, undertone, vehicle, volatile, wherewithal, wit

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: central, essential, mean, meaty, pithy, substantial, summate

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): sub

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive