matter
IPA: mˈætɝ
noun
- (uncountable) Material; substance.
- (physics) The basic structural component of the universe, usually having mass and volume.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- A kind of substance.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- (philosophy) 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.
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
- (obsolete) Essence; pith; embodiment.
- (obsolete) (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
- (dated, medicine) Pus.
- (uncountable) Importance.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive, stative) To be important.
- (transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important.
- (intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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