Definition of matter

noun (n)

• a vaguely specified concern (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: affair, thing
  

  Example:
  Several matters to attend to.
  

  source: wordnet30
• some situation or event that is thought about (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: issue, subject, topic
  

  Example:
  It is a matter for the police.
  

  source: wordnet30
• that which has mass and occupies space (noun.tops)

  Example:
  Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a problem (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  Is anything the matter?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (used with negation) having consequence (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  They were friends and it was no matter who won the games.
  

  source: wordnet30
• written works (especially in books or magazines) (noun.communication)

  Example:
  He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• have weight; have import, carry weight (verb.stative)

  Synonym: count, weigh
  

  Example:
  It does not matter much.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To be of importance; to import; to signify. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To regard as important; to take account of; to care for. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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