substantial form

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandform

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/
us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial form

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The form of the body is asubstantialform.
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Besides, as the soul is not asubstantialformof the body it does not need it for its very existence.
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It also hassubstantialform(forma substantialis) which, combined with matter, makes it a thing in actuality (ens in actu).
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The body-programme is not asubstantialform.
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Hence, to endow the human soul with a unique ontological status he makes of it a complete substance which cannot be thesubstantialformof the body.
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It is a ghost which will soon be seen to have rathersubstantialform.
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That is still asubstantialformof homelessness.
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I think he recognises, as most people in industry do, that this is a verysubstantialformof tax relief.
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Let them turn to the manufacture of chocolate in its mostsubstantialform, in a form in which it is really most adapted for food.
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We can do so now on the supposition that the union will materialise in a strong andsubstantialform.
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We have already pointed out how unfounded is the suggestion that there is anysubstantialformof safeguard in these new proposals.
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But there must be discretion for him to deal with asubstantialformof illness in the community.
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We have put the special vote of thanks in thissubstantialform.
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The decisions were difficult, but it is asubstantialformof help.
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I do not think that the introduction or reintroduction of grants in anysubstantialformwould add materially to that incentive.
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We are grateful even for small concessions, but this concession, without saying anything derogatory to it, is not a concession that takes any verysubstantialform.
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I think that the cost of grasping at this particular shadow is one which might ultimately have to be met by the taxpayer in asubstantialform.
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He conceived of matter as a passive possibility that something might be actualized by an active principle, asubstantialform, giving it real existence.
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The whole unity comes from thesubstantialformand the distribution into parts from the matter.
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