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Definition of Matter
1. Verb. Have weight; have import, carry weight. "It does not matter much"
2. Noun. A vaguely specified concern. "Things are going well"
3. Noun. Some situation or event that is thought about. "It is a matter for the police"
Generic synonyms: Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object
Specialized synonyms: Area, Blind Spot, Remit, Res Adjudicata, Res Judicata
Derivative terms: Topical
4. Noun. That which has mass and occupies space. "Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
Specialized synonyms: Substance, Substance, Deposit, Sediment, Ylem, Dark Matter, Antimatter, Glop, Fluid, Goo, Gook, Goop, Guck, Gunk, Muck, Ooze, Slime, Sludge, System, Residue, Solid, Solute, Emanation, Vegetable Matter
5. Noun. A problem. "Is anything the matter?"
6. Noun. (used with negation) having consequence. "They were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
7. Noun. Written works (especially in books or magazines). "He always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
Specialized synonyms: Dictation, Text, Textual Matter, Text, Typescript, Front Matter, Prelims, Back Matter, End Matter, Soft Copy, Hard Copy, Addendum, Postscript, Supplement, Recitation
Definition of Matter
1. n. That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
2. v. i. To be of importance; to import; to signify.
3. v. t. To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
Definition of Matter
1. Noun. (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter). ¹
3. Noun. A kind of substance. ¹
4. Noun. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern. ¹
5. Noun. An approximate amount or extent. ¹
6. Noun. Written material (especially in books or magazines) ¹
7. Noun. (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. ''Matter'' receives (term form), and becomes (term substance). ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To be important. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive obsolete except dialectal) To care about, to mind; to find important. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matter
1. to be of importance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Matter
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