Substantive definition

Substantive means comments that contribute something new and hopefully important to the discussion. Thus a message that simply says “I agree” is not substantive. A substantive comment contributes a new idea or perspective, a good follow-up question to a point made, offers a response to a question, provides an example or illustration of a key point, points out an inconsistency in an argument, etc.
Substantive is defined as taking a minimum of 15 hours per year to complete; having a clear outcome or product that results from the project; meeting a clear need of the Department or College and having the approval of the faculty member’s Department Head/Program Director and Associate Xxxx in advance (as part of the annual FPE process)
Substantive means having substance; involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned.

Examples of Substantive in a sentence

  • Substantive changes include time extensions, budget revisions, and significant alterations of the funded project that change the scope, location, objectives, or scale of the approved project.


More Definitions of Substantive

Substantive means comments that contribute something new and important to the discussion. Thus a message that simply says “I agree”, even if wordy and thus, meets the length requirement, is not substantive. A substantive comment contributes a new idea or perspective, a good follow-up question to a point made, offers a response to a question, provides an example or illustration of a key point, points out an inconsistency in an argument, etc.
Substantive means that which creates, defines or regulates the rights of any person or implements, interprets or prescribes law or policy, but does not include statements concerning only the internal management of the department and not affecting private rights or procedures available to the public.
Substantive means sufficiently detailed and technically specif- ic to permit the commission to evaluate whether federal universal service support has had, or will have, benefits for customers. For ex- ample, information about investments and expenses that will provide, increase, or maintain service quality, signal coverage, or network ca- pacity, and information about the number of customers that benefit, and how they will benefit is sufficient to enable evaluation.
Substantive means the position that you are permanently appointed to in Orana Incorporated.
Substantive means the employee who is ongoing/permanent in the position (including individuals on leave or who have a right of return to the position).
Substantive means they are talking concretely about teaching and learning itself, and the issues, decisions and actions teachers are taking in daily practice with specific students.
Substantive or "substantive in nature" means, when used in connection with regulations, those regulations allowing, requiring or forbidding conduct in which private persons are otherwise free or prohibited to engage, or regulations which state requirements, other than procedural, for obtaining, retaining or renewing a license or any kind of benefit or recompense.