| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something: being, essence, essentiality, nature, quintessence, texture. See SURFACE. 2. The most central and material part: core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, root1, soul, spirit, stuff. Law : gravamen. See BE. 3. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement: amount, burden2, drift, import, purport, tenor. Idioms: sum and substance, sum total. See MEANING. 4. That from which things are or can be made: material, matter, stuff. Idioms: grist for one's mill. See MATTER. 5. That which occupies space and can be perceived by the senses: materiality, matter. See BODY. 6. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden2, drift, intent, meaning, purport, tendency, tenor, thrust. See MEANING.
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