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From Latin materia (matter, stuff, material), derivative of Latin mater (mother).
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈmætə/, SAMPA: /"m{t@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmætɚ/, SAMPA: /"m{t@`/
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- Rhymes: -ætə(r)
- Hyphenation: mat‧ter
Noun
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Singular matter |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural matters |
matter (countable and uncountable; plural matters)
- (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001.
- Parmenides seems to fasten on that which is one in definition, Melissus on that which is one in matter,
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).
- A kind of substance.
- vegetable matter
- A reason for concern; being amiss.
- What's the matter?
- A situation.
- a trivial matter
- A cause.
- a matter for concern
- Written material (especially in books or magazines)
- He always took some reading matter with him on the plane
- (neurology) Gray and white matter are the two nerve tissue types that comprise the brain and spinal cord.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "matter"Verb
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Infinitive to matter |
Third person singular matters |
Simple past mattered |
Past participle mattered |
Present participle mattering |
to matter (third-person singular simple present matters, present participle mattering, simple past and past participle mattered)
- (intransitive) To be important.
- The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
- Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter.
- (transitive, obsolete except dialectal) To care about, to mind; to find important.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 47:
- Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof [...]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 47:
Derived terms
- it doesn't matter
- no matter - In spite of
Translations
to be important
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