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matter

('m/&/t/@/r )

a vaguely specified concern(noun.cognition)

Example:
Several matters to attend to.

Synonym:
affair, thing

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

Example:
It is a matter for the police.

Synonym:
issue, subject, topic

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

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

Example:
It does not matter much.

Synonym:
count, weigh

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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