matter
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noun- 1.
(uncountable) Material; substance.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)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.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)An approximate amount or extent.
I stayed for a matter of months.
- 4.
(countable)(countable, law) 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.
- 5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Essence; pith; embodiment.
- 6.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
- 7.
(countable, dated, uncountable)(dated, medicine) Pus.
- 8.
(uncountable)Importance.
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verb- 1.
(intransitive, stative)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.
- 2.
(Caribbean, England, regional, transitive)(transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important.
Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]
- 3.
(archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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From Middle English matere, mater, from matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (wood), from māter (mother), in which case cognate with մայր cedar and մայրի (forest). Madeira mata mater matrix mother.