matter.
Material; substance.
Meaning & usage
Material; substance. Anything with mass and volume.
Material; substance. Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
Material; substance. A kind of substance.
vegetable matter
Material; substance. Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
Material; substance. Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
Something is the matter with him.
The diplomats met to discuss state matters.
An approximate amount or extent.
I stayed for a matter of months.
Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
Please find attached an invoice for three outstanding matters.
Essence; pith; embodiment.
(The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
Pus.
Importance.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin māter Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia ▲ Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē)sl. Latin māteriader. Anglo-Norman materebor. Middle English matere English matter From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
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.
To care about, to mind; to find important.
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin māter Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia ▲ Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē)sl. Latin māteriader. Anglo-Norman materebor. Middle English matere English matter From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
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