adjective · neutral
substantial
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/sub·STAN·tial
Band 5-6task2task1
large in amount, value, or importance
Examples
“There has been a substantial increase in international students over the past decade.”
“The project requires substantial investment to succeed.”
“She made a substantial contribution to the team’s success.”
Band 8 sentence
“The policy change will require substantial financial and administrative adjustments across multiple departments.”
Collocations
- substantial increase
- substantial evidence
- substantial amount/number
Word family
substantially adverbsubstance noun
Common mistakes
a substantial amount of researches→a substantial amount of research / substantial research
Say it for a higher band
5large→6considerable→7+substantial
Synonyms
considerable
Easily confused
considerable
“There was a considerable delay due to weather.”
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