👉 In linguistics, a "consubstantive" is a word or phrase that means something else (a preposition) in a sentence. It has two parts, both of which are related to the noun or pronoun being defined. For example: - A consubstantive word like "a" is used as an adjective. - The verb "to be" can also be considered a consubstantive word because it can be used to indicate a state of being, such as