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Substratum is an English word with synonyms like substrate or surface. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Substratum in a sentence

Substratum meaning

  1. A layer that lies underneath another.
  2. The underlying cause or basis of something.
  3. A substrate.

Synonyms of Substratum

substrate surface stratum indigenous language

Related words

Other words often associated with Substratum or its synonyms:

opencast artefact layer superficial matter subsurface bound place artifact substance boundary level

Using Substratum

  • The main meaning on this page is: A layer that lies underneath another. | The underlying cause or basis of something. | A substrate.
  • Useful related words include: substrate, surface, stratum, indigenous language.
  • In the example corpus, substratum often appears in combinations such as: the substratum, substratum of, substratum in.

Context around Substratum

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 10 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

week 1× malayalam 1× metaphysical 1× caucasoid 1× ethnic 1× exhibits 1× roman 1× linguistic 1× language 1× sumerian 1×

Often after:

influence 1× archaic 1× word 1×

Sentence patterns with Substratum

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ancient caucasoid substratum in east 1× and ethnic substratum of northern 1× and the substratum c 1× be a substratum word 1× call the substratum 1× dialect exhibits substratum influence from 1× dravidian malayalam substratum in the 1× is the substratum of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a strong underlying 1× anaximander 6th century 1× hundreds of excavated 1× i feel justified 1× i j gelb 1× it is difficult 1×

Common sentence endings:

a sov order 1× a substratum word 1× against the dollar 1× and religious beliefs 1× call the substratum 1× disputed by others 1×

Words around Substratum

Just before it in the word index:

substrates 105 substrate 249 substory 3 substories 3 substitutive 2 substitutions 109

Just after it in the word index:

substrings 4 substructural 3 substructure 15 substructures 8 subsume 13 subsumed 68

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Substratum

  • In this selection, "substratum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, week, malayalam, metaphysical, influence, archaic and word stand out and add context to how "substratum" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ancient caucasoid substratum in east and and ethnic substratum of northern. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "substratum" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with substratum

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Often considered to be a substratum word. (7 words)

Over the last week, Substratum has traded 16.3% lower against the dollar. (13 words)

Most soils have three major horizons—the surface horizon (A), the subsoil (B), and the substratum (C). (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Karadeniz, spoken in the Eastern Black Sea Region and represented primarily by the Trabzon dialect, exhibits substratum influence from Greek in phonology and syntax ; citation it is also known as Laz dialect (not to be confused with the Laz language ). (40 words)

I feel justified in calling this sexual anomaly "Masochism", because the author Sacher-Masoch frequently made this perversion, which up to his time was quite unknown to the scientific world as such, the substratum of his writings. (37 words)

Some authors have proposed that there may be evidence of a substratum or adstratum language for geographic features and various crafts and agricultural activities, called variously Proto-Euphratean or Proto Tigrean, but this is disputed by others. (37 words)

Example sentences (17)

Over the last week, Substratum has traded 16.3% lower against the dollar.

Anaximander (6th century BC) was the first philosopher who used the term arche for that which writers from Aristotle on call the "substratum".

A strong underlying layer of Dravidian population and culture survives in Maldivian society, with a clear Dravidian-Malayalam substratum in the language, which also appears in place names, kinship terms, poetry, dance, and religious beliefs.

For they are not manifestations of some mysterious metaphysical substratum, but processes taking place due to the interplay of a multitude of conditions.

Hundreds of excavated mummies in the Tarim Basin (West China) have Caucasoid features, revealing the presence of an ancient Caucasoid substratum in East Asia.

I feel justified in calling this sexual anomaly "Masochism", because the author Sacher-Masoch frequently made this perversion, which up to his time was quite unknown to the scientific world as such, the substratum of his writings.

I. J. Gelb and E. A. Speiser believed East Semitic speaking Assyrians Subarians had been the linguistic and ethnic substratum of northern Mesopotamia since earliest times, while Hurrians were merely late arrivals.

It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character.

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Karadeniz, spoken in the Eastern Black Sea Region and represented primarily by the Trabzon dialect, exhibits substratum influence from Greek in phonology and syntax ; citation it is also known as Laz dialect (not to be confused with the Laz language ).

Liver 2010 Existing studies usually approach the subject from a historical perspective, taking particular interest in pre-Roman substratum, archaic words preserved only in Romansh, or in loan words from German.

Most soils have three major horizons—the surface horizon (A), the subsoil (B), and the substratum (C).

Nevertheless, scholars believe they too originated in the Land of Israel because of a strong linguistic substratum of western Aramaic.

Often considered to be a substratum word.

Some authors have proposed that there may be evidence of a substratum or adstratum language for geographic features and various crafts and agricultural activities, called variously Proto-Euphratean or Proto Tigrean, but this is disputed by others.

The Livonian dialect of Latvian was more affected by the Livonian language substratum than Latvian in other parts of Latvia.

The Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools of Hindu philosophy state that Akasha or aether is the fifth physical substance, which is the substratum of the quality of sound.

This novel word order is due to the influence of the Sumerian substratum, which has a SOV order.

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Common combinations with substratum

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "substratum" in a sentence?
An example: "Over the last week, Substratum has traded 16.3% lower against the dollar." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "substratum" from authentic English texts.
What does "substratum" mean?
Substratum means: A layer that lies underneath another.
What are synonyms of "substratum"?
Common synonyms of "substratum" include: substrate, surface, stratum, indigenous language.
How many example sentences with "substratum" are there?
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