Associations to the word «Matter»

MATTER, noun. Substance, material.

MATTER, noun. (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.

MATTER, noun. (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).

MATTER, noun. A kind of substance.

MATTER, noun. Written material (especially in books or magazines).

MATTER, noun. (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

MATTER, noun. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

MATTER, noun. An approximate amount or extent.

MATTER, noun. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

MATTER, noun. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

MATTER, noun. (obsolete) Pus.

MATTER, verb. (intransitive) To be important.

MATTER, verb. (transitive) (obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.

MATTER, verb. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

MATTER OF COURSE, noun. (idiomatic) A natural or logical outcome.

MATTER OF COURSE, noun. (idiomatic) An expected or customary outcome.

MATTER OF FACT, noun. A fact

MATTER OF FACT, noun. (idiomatic) a more factual correction

MATTER OF FACT, noun. (idiomatic) something completely true

MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, noun. Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death

MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, noun. (idiom) An extremely urgent matter.

MATTER OF RECORD, noun. A fact which is recorded in governmental or other official records.

MATTER OF RECORD, noun. (legal) A fact which is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court.

MATTER OF TIME, noun. (idiomatic) an inevitable result; something that is bound to happen

MATTER, noun. A vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well".

MATTER, noun. 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".

MATTER, noun. That which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it".

MATTER, noun. A problem; "is anything the matter?".

MATTER, noun. (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games".

MATTER, noun. Written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane".

MATTER, verb. Have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much".