matter

Words with a similar base: matter

'matter'

[matter.n.01] as in: a vaguely specified concern

Examples:
several matters to attend to
it is none of your affair
things are going well

'matter'

[topic.n.02] as in: some situation or event that is thought about

Examples:
he kept drifting off the topic
he had been thinking about the subject for several years
it is a matter for the police

'matter'

[matter.n.03] as in: that which has mass and occupies space

Examples:
physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it

'matter'

[matter.n.04] as in: a problem

Examples:
is anything the matter?

'matter'

[matter.n.05] as in: (used with negation) having consequence

Examples:
they were friends and it was no matter who won the games

'matter'

[matter.n.06] as in: written works (especially in books or magazines)

Examples:
he always took some reading matter with him on the plane

'matter'

[count.v.02] as in: have weight; have import, carry weight

Examples:
It does not matter much

Origins

					matter (English)
└── mater (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── materie (Anglo-Norman)
        └── materie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── materia (Latin)
                └── mater (Latin)

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