mat·ter (m t  r)n. 1. a. Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole. b. Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. 2. A specific type of substance: inorganic matter. 3. Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism. 4. Philosophy In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance. 5. The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed. 6. A subject of concern, feeling, or action: matters of foreign policy; a personal matter. See Synonyms at subject. 7. Trouble or difficulty: What's the matter with your car? 8. An approximated quantity, amount, or extent: The construction will last a matter of years. 9. Something printed or otherwise set down in writing: reading matter. 10. Something sent by mail. 11. Printing a. Composed type. b. Material to be set in type. intr.v. mat·tered, mat·ter·ing, mat·ters Idioms: To be of importance: "Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter" (T.S. Eliot). See Synonyms at count1. as a matter of fact In fact; actually. for that matter So far as that is concerned; as for that. no matter Regardless of: "Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,/No matter where it's going" (Edna St. Vincent Millay). [Middle English, from Old French matere, from Latin m  teria, wood, timber, matter, from mter, mother (because the woody part was seen as the source of growth); see mter- in Indo-European roots.] |
matter
Noun
1. the substance of which something, esp. a physical object, is made; material
2. substance that occupies space and has mass, as distinguished from substance that is mental or spiritual
3. substance of a specified type: vegetable matter
4. an event, situation, or subject: a matter of taste, the break-in is a matter for the police
5. a quantity or amount: a matter of a few pounds
6. the content of written or verbal material as distinct from its style or form
7. written material in general: advertising matter
8. a secretion or discharge, such as pus
9. for that matter as regards that
10. no matter regardless of; irrespective of: you have to leave, no matter what she thinks
11. the matter wrong; the trouble: there's nothing the matter
Verb
to be of importance
interj
no matter
it is unimportant [Latin materia cause, substance]
| matter (mtr) Something that has mass. Most of the matter in the universe is composed of atoms which are themselves composed of subatomic particles. See also energystate of matter |
Matter
See also materials, properties of;physics.
variant crystalline structure in a chemical compound. — allomorphic, adj.
the quality of certain substances to exist in more than one form, with different properties in each form. — allotropic, allotropical, adj.
Philosophy. the doctrine that all matter has life. — hylozoist, n. — hylozoistic, adj.
1. the philosophical theory that regards matter and its phenomena as the only reality and explains all occurrences, including the mental, as due to material agencies.
2. attention to or emphasis on material objects, needs, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of intellectual and spiritual values. — materialist, n. — materialistic, adj.
2. attention to or emphasis on material objects, needs, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of intellectual and spiritual values. — materialist, n. — materialistic, adj.
Metaphysics. any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle that is the ground of reality. — monist, n. — monistic, monistical, adj.
Chemistry and Geology. the study of the flow and deformation of colloids, especially pastes. — rheologist, n. — rheologic, rheological, adj.
Obsolete, the branch of physics that studies the properties of matter. Also called somatics.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | matter - a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" least - something that is of no importance; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns" |
| 2. |  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"cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned area - a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." blind spot - a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" remit - the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" res adjudicata, res judicata - a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again | |
| 3. | matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" physical entity - an entity that has physical existence substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man" ylem - (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements dark matter - (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force antimatter - matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances glop - any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant fluid - continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas system - (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide" residue - matter that remains after something has been removed solid - matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure solute - the dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state emanation - something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) vegetable matter - matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant | |
| 4. | matter - a problem; "is anything the matter?" | |
| 5. | matter - (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" consequence, moment, import - having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" | |
| 6. | matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" piece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" dictation - matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it" text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" text - the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand" typescript - typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript front matter, prelims - written matter preceding the main text of a book back matter, end matter - written matter following the main text of a book soft copy - (computer science) matter that is in a form that a computer can store or display it on a computer screen; "he sent them soft copy of the report" hard copy - (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper; "he ran off a hard copy of the report" addendum, supplement, postscript - textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end recitation - written matter that is recited from memory | |
| Verb | 1. |  matter - have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
matter
noun 1. situation, thing, issue, concern, business, question, event, subject, affair, incident, proceeding, episode, topic, transaction, occurrence
verb 6. be important, make a difference, count, be relevant, make any difference, mean anything, have influence, carry weight, cut any ice (informal) be of consequence, be of account
Translations
matter [ˈmætəʳ] n → cuestión f; asunto;
(MED) (= pus); pus m
vi → importar;
it doesn't matter → no importa;
as a matter of fact → en realidad;
matter [ˈmætəʳ] n → question f;
(Med) (= pus); pus m
vi → importer;
matters npl (= affairs, situation) → la situation;
no matter what → quoi qu'il arrive;
as a matter of course → tout naturellement;
as a matter of fact → en fait;
it's a matter of habit → c'est une question d'habitude;
printed matter → imprimés mpl;
matter [ˈmætəʳ] n (event, situation) → Sache f, Angelegenheit f;
(Phys) → Materie f;
(substance, material) → Stoff m;
(Med) (pus) → Eiter m
matters npl (affairs) → Angelegenheiten pl, Dinge pl;
(situation) → Lage f;
as a matter of course → selbstverständlich;
as a matter of fact → eigentlich;
it's a matter of habit → es ist eine Gewohnheitssache;
vegetable matter → pflanzliche Stoffe pl;
printed matter → Drucksachen pl;
reading matter (Brit) → Lesestoff m;
matter [ˈmætəʳ] n → questione f;
(MED) (= pus); pus m
vi → importare;
as a matter of fact → in verità;
printed matter → stampe fpl;
n matter [ˈmӕtə]
1 solids, liquids and/or gases in any form, from which everything physical is made The entire universe is made up of different kinds of matter. materie مادّه материя hmota materie die Materie ύλη materia, sustancia mateeria ماده aine matière חוֹמֶר विषय tvar, materija anyag materi efni materia, sostanza 物質 물질 materija matērija unsur materie stoff, materie, substans materia, substancja matéria materie вещество; материя hmota materija materija materia, ämne วัตถุ madde 物質 речовина مادہ ، مواد chất; vật chất 物质
2 a subject or topic (of discussion etc) a private matter; money matters. saak قَضِيَّه، مَسْألَه тема věc, záležitost sag; -sag; anliggende; -anliggende die Angelegenheit θέμα, ζήτημα asunto, cuestión asi موضوع asia sujet נוֹשֵא द्रव्य sadržaj, predmet ügy persoalan málefni soggetto, questione 問題 주제, 문제 dalykas, reikalas jautājums; temats; lieta persoalan aangelegenheid sak, emne sprawa assunto chestiune дело, вопрос záležitosť zadeva pitanje angelägenhet สาร konu 主題﹐話題 предмет; питання کوئی موضوع یا معاملہ chủ đề 事情
v
to be important That car matters a great deal to him; It doesn't matter. beteken يَهُم важен съм mít význam betyde noget bedeuten έχω σημασία importar tähtis olema اهمیت داشتن merkitä, haitata avoir de l'importance לִהיוֹת חָשוּב महत्व रखना, महतव का होना, अर्थपूर्ण होना važiti számít penting skipta máli importare 重要である 중요하다, 문제가 되다 būti svarbiam, turėti reikšmės būt svarīgam penting van belang zijn bety (mye), spille en stor rolle mieć znaczenie importar a conta иметь значение mať význam pomeniti biti važan betyda, vara av betydelse เป็นเรื่องสำคัญ önemi olmak 有關系，要緊 мати значення اہم ہونا có ý nghĩa quan trọng 有关系，要紧
adj matter-of-ˈfact
keeping to the actual facts; not fanciful, emotional or imaginative a matter-of-fact account/statement/opinion/attitude. feitelik في الحَقيقَه، في الواقِع، حَقيقَةً реалистичен věcný saglig sachlich ρεαλιστικός, πρακτικός práctico, realista asjalik در حقیقت asiallinen terre-à-terre לְמַעֲשֶׂה, בְּעֶצֶם वास्तव में stvaran tényleges, tárgyilagos, tárgyszerű sesungguhnya bókstaflegur; sem heldur sig við staðreyndir concreto, realistico 実際的な 현실적인 dalykiškas, objektyvus, blaivus lietišķs sebenar zakelijk saklig, nøktern trzeżwy exacto realist фактический; прозаический vecný dejanski ustvari saklig, prosaisk, realistisk, rakt på sak ข้อเท็จจริง realist, gerçekçi 事實的 фактичний, буквальний حقیقی sự thật 事实的
be the matter
to be the/a trouble, difficulty or thing that is wrong Is anything the matter?; What's the matter with you? fout ماذا يُضايِقُكَ؟ ما الأمْر؟ проблем být v nepořádku være i vejen los sein συμβαίνει ser el problema lahti olema مشکل olla vialla, vaivata ce qui ne va pas מַה הַקוֹשִי, הַבְּעָיָה उसे क्या हुआ biti loše s vmi baja van kesulitan sem amar að c'è qualche problema?; Cosa c'è che non va? 具合が悪い atsitikti notikt masalah aan de hand zijn være (noe) i veien med, feile być nie tak, stanowić problem ser o problema a se întâmpla быть не в порядке nebyť v poriadku biti narobe biti loše stå på, vara [] med เกิดปัญหา sorunu olmak 出問題 складність; неприємність کوئی مسئلہ در پیش آنا chỉ vấn đề gì đó 出问题
a matter of course
something that one expects to happen, be done etc You don't have to ask her – she'll do it as a matter of course. van nature, vanselfsprekend شَيئٌ مُتَوَقَّع очаквано нещо samozřejmá věc selvfølge selbstverständlich κτ. φυσικό και αυτονόητο por costumbre enesestmõistetavus قطعا itsestäänselvyys tout naturellement דָבָר שֶׁבַּשִגרָה स्वाभाविक बात sam po sebi razumljiv természetes(en) keharusan eðlilegur, sem má búast við (cosa naturale) 当然のこと 당연한 것 įprastas dalykas pašsaprotama lieta keharusan iets vanzelfsprekends (som en) selvfølge coś oczywistego, na porządku dziennym coisa natural de la sine (înţeles) само собой разумеющееся дело samozrejmá vec samoumeven svakako självklar (naturlig) sak บางสิ่งที่บุคคลหวังว่าจะเกิดขึ้น beklenen/umulan şey 當然之事 звичайна справа متوقع شے việc tất nhiên 当然之事
a matter of opinion
something about which different people have different opinions or views Whether she's clever or not is a matter of opinion. nie in klip gegiet nie, nie seker nie مَسْألَة رأي въпрос на мнение věc názoru et holdningsspørgsmål Ansichtssache ζήτημα γνώμης, υποκειμενικό θέμα cuestión de opinión vaieldav asi سلیقه ای mielipidekysymys affaire d'opinion נָתון לְווִיכּוחַ विचारणीय विषय stvar shvaćanja felfogás kérdése pendapat álitamál questione d'opinione, opinabile 見方の問題 견해에 따라 달라지는 문제 ginčijamas dalykas uzskatu jautājums; kā uz to raugās pendapat een kwestie van zienswijze smakssak kwestia punktu widzenia questão de opinião felul în care vede fiecare o problemă, chestiune de opinie спорный вопрос vec názoru stvar gledanja stvar shvatanja en fråga om tycke och smak, en fråga (sak) som man kan ha olika åsikter om บางสิ่งที่เกี่ยวกับการที่บุคลลแต่ละคนบุคคลมีความเห็นแตกต่างกันไป görüş meselesi 看法不同的問題 спірне питання مختلف خیالات اور رائے vấn đề còn tranh cãi 看法不同的问题
no matter
it is not important He's not here.' `No matter, I'll see him later.' maak nie saak nie لا يَهم، ليست مُشْكِلَه няма значение to je jedno lige meget es spielt keine Rolle δεν πειράζει no importa pole viga, pole hullu مشکلی نیست ei haittaa peu importe לא חָשוּב महत्वपूर्ण नहीं nevažan nem baj,... tidak penting sem skiptir ekki máli (non importa) かまわない (...이든, ...라 하든) 상관없다, 괜찮다 nesvarbu nav svarīgi, nekas tidak penting het doet er niet toe spiller ingen rolle nieważne não importa nu contează ничего, неважно to je jedno ni važno nebitno det spelar ingen roll ไม่สำคัญ önemli değil 沒關係 байдуже; не має значення غیر اہم không vấn đề gì 没关系
no matter who, what, where etc
whoever, whatever, wherever etc No matter what happens, I'll go. ongeag wie لا يَهُم مِن ، ماذا ، أين без значение кой kdokoli, cokoli, kdekoli ligegyldigt hvem/hvad/hvor gleichgültig wer, was, etc. όποιος, ό,τι, όπου και αν lo que pase pase, lo que sea sea kes / mis / kus tahes مهم نیست kuka tahansa, mitä tahansa, missä tahansa qui/quoi/oû que ce soit לא חָשוּב מִי, מָה... कोई विषय नहीं neovisno, bez obzira mindegy (, hogy/ki/mi/hol stb.) tidak peduli (alveg) sama hver/hvað/hvar (non importa) たとえ～でも 누구이든, 무엇이든, 어디든 kad ir kas/ką/kur vienalga, kas/kur tidak kira het doet er niet toe samme hvem/hva/hvor bez względu na to kto, co, gdzie itd. não importa oricine, orice, oriunde бы ни... ktokoľvek, čokoľvek, kdekoľvek kdorkoli, karkoli, kjerkoli bez obzira na vem (vad) som än, var (vart) än ใครก็ตาม kim/ne/nerede vb. olursa olsun hiç farketmez 不管誰/什麼/何地等 хто б не جو بھی cho dù 不管谁（什么，何地等）
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