substance meaning
EN
[ˈsʌbstəns] [ˈsʌbstənts] 
US WSubstance
- Substance may refer to:
- Chemical substance, a material with a definite chemical composition
- Drug substance
- Substance abuse, drug-related healthcare and social policy diagnosis or label
- Substance dependence, drug-related healthcare and social policy diagnosis or label
- Matter, anything that has mass and takes up space
- Substance theory, theory positing that a substance is distinct from its properties
- Substance (Joy Division album), 1988
- Substance (Blank & Jones album), 2002
- Substance 1987, a New Order album
- "Substance", a song by Haste the Day from That They May Know You
FR substance 
- NounPLsubstancesPREsub-SUF-ance
- Physical matter; material.
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- Some textile fabrics have little substance.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- a man of substance
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics).
- substance abuse
- (theology) Hypostasis.
- Physical matter; material.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The app includes daily diaries for prebedtime activities, substance use, and sleep quality.
- To determine the possible mechanism by which substances can act to promote gastroprotection, several antioxidants molecules such as quercetin and curcumin were previously investigated.
- The substance you describe can't be had at any price.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Substances inexisting within the divine mind. — A. Tucker.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Dry brushing is an excellent way to cleanse the pores and remove foreign substances.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of substance in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- fr substance
- en substances
- fr substances
- en substance P
- en substancehood
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "substance" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.