significant: …foods that offer a significant amount of protein.
considerable: To be without Pearce would be a considerable blow.
ample: The design of the ground floor created ample space for a good-sized kitchen.
sub|stan|tial|ly /səbstæ nʃəli/
1 ADV [ADV with v] If something changes substantially or is substantially different, it changes a lot or is very different. [FORMAL ] □ The percentage of girls in engineering has increased substantially. □ The price was substantially higher than had been expected.
2 ADV [ADV adj] If you say that something is substantially correct or unchanged, you mean that it is mostly correct or mostly unchanged. [FORMAL ] □ He checked the details given and found them substantially correct.
sub|stan|ti|ate /səbstæ nʃie I t/ (substantiates , substantiating , substantiated ) VERB To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it is true. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] There is little scientific evidence to substantiate the claims. ● sub|stan|tia|tion /səbstæ nʃie I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ There may be alternative methods of substantiation other than written records.
sub|stan|tive /səbstæ nt I v/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Substantive negotiations or issues deal with the most important and central aspects of a subject. [FORMAL ] □ They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.
sub|sta|tion /sʌ bste I ʃ ə n/ (substations ) also sub-station N‑COUNT A substation is a place where high-voltage electricity from power plants is converted to lower-voltage electricity for homes or factories.
sub|sti|tute ◆◇◇ /sʌ bst I tjuːt, [AM ] -tuːt/ (substitutes , substituting , substituted )
1 VERB If you substitute one thing for another, or if one thing substitutes for another, it takes the place or performs the function of the other thing. □ [V n + for ] They were substituting violence for dialogue. □ [V n] You could always substitute a low-fat soft cheese. □ [V + for ] Would phone conversations substitute for cosy chats over lunch or in the pub after work? □ [V + for ] He was substituting for the injured William Wales. [Also V ] ● sub|sti|tu|tion /sʌ bst I tjuː ʃ ə n, [AM ] -tuː -/ (substitutions ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] In my experience a straight substitution of carob for chocolate doesn't work.
2 N‑COUNT A substitute is something that you have or use instead of something else. □ …tests on humans to find a blood substitute made from animal blood.
3 N‑COUNT [with neg, usu sing] If you say that one thing is no substitute for another, you mean that it does not have certain desirable features that the other thing has, and is therefore unsatisfactory. If you say that there is no substitute for something, you mean that it is the only thing which is really satisfactory. □ [+ for ] The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker. □ [+ for ] There is no substitute for practical experience.
4 N‑COUNT In team games such as football, a substitute is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player. □ Coming on as a substitute, he scored four crucial goals.
su b|sti|tute tea ch|er (substitute teachers ) N‑COUNT A substitute teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there. [AM ] in BRIT, use supply teacher
sub|stra|tum /sʌ bstrɑːtəm, [AM ] -stre I t-/ (substrata ) N‑COUNT A substratum of something is a layer that lies under the surface of another layer, or a feature that is less obvious than other features. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …its deep substratum of chalk.
sub|sume /səbsjuː m, [AM ] -suː m/ (subsumes , subsuming , subsumed ) VERB If something is subsumed within a larger group or class, it is included within it, rather than being considered as something separate. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed prep] Small family firms were subsumed into the huge investment banks. □ [be V -ed] …years of repression in which civil society was subsumed by the State. [Also V n, V n prep]
sub|ter|fuge /sʌ btə r fjuːdʒ/ (subterfuges ) N‑VAR Subterfuge is a trick or a dishonest way of getting what you want. □ Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge.
sub|ter|ra|nean /sʌ btəre I niən/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A subterranean river or tunnel is under the ground. [FORMAL ] □ London has 9 miles of such subterranean passages.
sub|text /sʌ btekst/ (subtexts ) N‑VAR The subtext is the implied message or subject of something that is said or written. □ It isn't difficult to work out the subtext of this story.
sub|ti|tle /sʌ bta I t ə l/ (subtitles )
1 N‑COUNT The subtitle of a piece of writing is a second title which is often longer and explains more than the main title. □ 'Kathleen' was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, 'An Irish Drama'.
2 N‑PLURAL Subtitles are a printed translation of the words of a foreign film that are shown at the bottom of the picture. □ The dialogue is in Spanish, with English subtitles.
sub|ti|tled /sʌ bta I t ə ld/
1 V-PASSIVE If you say how a book or play is subtitled , you say what its subtitle is. □ [be V -ed with quote] 'Lorna Doone' is subtitled 'a Romance of Exmoor'.
2 ADJ If a foreign film is subtitled , a printed translation of the words is shown at the bottom of the picture. □ Much of the film is subtitled. □ …subtitled films.