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matters

 
Noun matter has 6 senses
  1. substance, matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
    --1 is a kind of entity
    --1 has particulars:
     food, nutrient; ballast; bedding material, bedding, litter; body substance; protoplasm, living substance; drift; grinding; sediment, deposit; material, stuff; ylem; dark matter; antimatter; micronutrient; philosopher's stone; precursor; phlogiston; allergen; assay; pyrogen, pyrectic; mixture; hydrocolloid; adulterant, adulterator; atom; chemical element, element; propellant, propellent; denaturant; activator; inhibitor; ferment; substrate; carcinogen; compound, chemical compound; element; foamentation; fuel; medium; culture medium, medium; medium; humectant; inoculant, inoculum; jelly; leaven, leavening; fluid; fluid; sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze; system; refrigerant; residue; lysin; poison, poisonous substance; chemical irritant; antigen; solid; solute; solvate; volatile; emanation; essence; ligand; metabolite; vegetable matter
  2. matter, affair, thing - a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
    --2 is a kind of concern
  3. topic, subject, issue, matter - 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"
    --3 is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
    --3 has particulars: blind spot; res judicata, res adjudicata; area
    Derived form: verb matter1
  4. matter - a problem; "is anything the matter?"
    --4 is a kind of
    trouble, problem
  5. matter - (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
    --5 is a kind of
    consequence, import, moment
    Derived form: verb matter1
  6. matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
    --6 is a kind of
    writing, written material, piece of writing
    --6 has particulars:
     dictation; text, textual matter; text; typescript; front matter, prelims; back matter, end matter; addendum, supplement, postscript; recitation
Verb matter has 1 sense
  1. count, matter, weigh - have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
    --1 is one way to be
    Derived forms: noun matter3, noun matter5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    It ----s that CLAUSE
matter of fact matter of law matter paragraphs matter to mattered matteress matterhorn mattering matters mattery matteuccia matteuccia struthiopteris matthew matthew arnold matthew calbraith perry matthew flinders matthew walker

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