What is the meaning of substantial?

adjective

  • Fairly large.
    • usage: "won by a substantial margin"
  • Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.
    • usage: "substantial equivalents"
  • Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary."the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things- Shakespeare
  • Providing abundant nourishment.
    • usage: "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"
  • Of good quality and condition; solidly built.
    • usage: "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
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