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matter
Found in thesaurus: physical entity, concern, mental object, cognitive content, content, trouble, problem, import, moment, consequence, written material, writing, piece of writing, be
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matter
v.
be important, be significant
n.
physical material (as opposed to spiritual); substance of a particular composition and consistency; issue, affair; excreted material; typed or written material; something that has mass and takes up space
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Matter
Before the 20th century, the term matter included ordinary matter composed of atoms and excluded other energy phenomena such as light or sound. This concept of matter may be generalized from atoms to include any objects having mass even when at rest, but this is ill-defined because an object's mass can arise from its (possibly massless) constituents' motion and interaction energies. Thus, matter does not have a universal definition, nor is it a fundamental concept in physics today. Matter is also used loosely as a general term for the substance that makes up all observable physical objects.
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matter
Noun
1. that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
(synonym) substance
(hypernym) entity
(hyponym) food, nutrient
2. a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
(synonym) affair, thing
(hypernym) concern
3. 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"
(synonym) topic, subject, issue
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) blind spot
(derivation) count, weigh
4. a problem; "is anything the matter?"
(hypernym) trouble, problem
5. (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
(hypernym) consequence, import, moment
(derivation) count, weigh
6. written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
(hypernym) writing, written material, piece of writing
(hyponym) dictation
Verb
1. have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
(synonym) count, weigh
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) weigh, press
(see-also) matter to, interest
(derivation) topic, subject, issue
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matt
adj.
weary, exhausted, weakened, exploited; mat, dull, lusterless, dim, faded; drab, dismal
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mat
adj.
washy, languid, languorous, weary, footworn, forworn, tired, all in, all out, mat, matt, frosted, opaque, pale, faint away, dull, dead, dim, dimmish, flat
matteren
v.
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