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# substantially

«substantially» in Mova's school dictionary: **by a large amount, a lot: prices rose substantially** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (substantially); adjective substantial

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Substantially means by a large amount, a lot: prices rose substantially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#m1)

2) (formal) Substantially can mean mainly or in most ways: the two stories are substantially the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal, exam and news word; in maths in formal voice, «substantially more» means much more, though how much is not exact. Plain words: a lot, much, greatly, mostly.

### examples

- The new bridge is substantially longer than the old one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x1)
- Our class raised substantially more money this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x2)
- Prices have risen substantially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x3)
- The plan was substantially changed after the meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x4)
- Her reading has improved substantially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x5)
- The two pictures are substantially the same, with only small differences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x6)
- In it the letters have substantially their English sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/#x7)

### note

Formal; in everyday talk say «a lot» or «much». It does not give an exact number: in a maths problem «substantially more» tells you «more», not how many — look for the numbers elsewhere. Adjective: substantial (large, solid: a substantial meal).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «substantially» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/substantially/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.