form and substance

structure and meaningful content. The first act of the play was one screaming match after another. It lacked form and substance throughout. Jane's report was good. The teacher commented on the excellent form and substance of the paper.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Libi	LEE-bee	Hebrew
Luukas	LOO:-kahs	Finnish
Ghufran	-	Arabic
Olwin	-	Welsh
Sacheverell	sə-SHEV-ər-əl	English (Rare)
Carla	KAHR-lah (Spanish, German, Dutch), KAHR-lə (English)	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Dutch