matter
/mˈætɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
Noun
some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
Noun
that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
Noun
a problem; "is anything the matter?"
Noun
(used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
Noun
written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
Verb
have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
More General Terms
be
cognitive content
concern
consequence
content
import
mental object
moment
physical entity
piece of writing
problem
trouble
writing
written material
More Specific Terms
addendum
antimatter
area
back matter
blind spot
dark matter
deposit
dictation
emanation
end matter
fluid
front matter
glop
goo
gook
goop
guck
gunk
hard copy
least
muck
ooze
postscript
prelims
press
recitation
remit
res adjudicata
res judicata
residue
sediment
slime
sludge
soft copy
solid
solute
substance
supplement
system
text
textual matter
typescript
vegetable matter
weigh
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