mat·ter /ˈmætər/
1. a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
2. 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"
synset: topic, subject, issue, matter
3. that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
synset: matter
4. a problem; "is anything the matter?"
synset: matter
5. (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
synset: matter
6. written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
synset: matter
1. have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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