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{
"term": "substantial",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "large in amount, value or importance",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "substantial sums of money"
},
{
"text": "a substantial change"
},
{
"text": "Substantial numbers of people support the reforms."
},
{
"text": "He ate a substantial breakfast."
},
{
"text": "There are substantial differences between the two groups."
},
{
"text": "Their share of the software market is substantial."
},
{
"text": "We were able to see a substantial improvement."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "large and solid; strongly built",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a substantial house"
},
{
"text": "a street of substantial Victorian villas"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈstænʃl/",
"audio": "su/substantial/substantial__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈstænʃl/",
"audio": "su/substantial/substantial__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French substantiel or Christian Latin substantialis, from substantia ‘being, essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’, from the verb substare."
}