matter

Noun
  1. A vaguely specified concern (synset 105679169)
    "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
    is a type of: concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you
    subtypes: least - something that is of no importance
    same as: affair, thing
  2. Some situation or event that is thought about (synset 105822417)
    "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
    is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
    subtypes:
    • area - a subject of study
    • blind spot - a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
    • remit - the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
    • res adjudicata, res judicata - a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
    same as: issue, subject, topic
  3. That which has mass and occupies space (synset 100021007)
    "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
    is a type of: physical entity - an entity that has physical existence
    subtypes:
    • substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
    • substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
    • deposit, sediment - matter that has been deposited by some natural process
    • 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
    • goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge - any thick, viscous matter
    • system - (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
    • 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. A problem (synset 105696202)
    "is anything the matter?"
    is a type of: problem, trouble - a source of difficulty
  5. (used with negation) having consequence (synset 105176769)
    "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
    is a type of: consequence, import, moment - having important effects or influence
  6. Written works (especially in books or magazines) (synset 106376912)
    "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
    is a type of: piece of writing, writing, written material - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
    subtypes:
    • dictation - matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
    • text, textual matter - the words of something written
    • text - the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
    • 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
    • hard copy - (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper
    • addendum, postscript, supplement - textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
    • recitation - written matter that is recited from memory
Verb
  1. Have weight;
    Have import, carry weight (synset 202651923)
    "It does not matter much"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes: press, weigh - to be oppressive or burdensome
    same as: count, weigh

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