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Matter

noun

A vaguely specified concern. Synonyms: affair, thing. "It is none of your affair" , "Things are going well"

Some situation or event that is thought about. Synonyms: issue, subject, topic. "He had been thinking about the subject for several years" , "It is a matter for the police"

That which has mass and occupies space.

A problem.

(used with negation) having consequence.

Written works (especially in books or magazines).

verb

(past & past part. mattered; pres. part. mattering)

Have weight; have import, carry weight. Synonyms: count, weigh.

Mat

adjective

Not reflecting light; not glossy. Synonyms: flat, matt, matte, matted. "A photograph with a matte finish"

Matt

adjective

Not reflecting light; not glossy. Synonyms: flat, mat, matte, matted. "A photograph with a matte finish"

Matte

adjective

Not reflecting light; not glossy. Synonyms: flat, mat, matt, matted. "A photograph with a matte finish"

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"Matter" Quotes from Famous Books

... the basis of all the subsequent ones made with these tribes, and as its validity, has been disputed by some of the Sac nation, it is deemed expedient, to copy it entire, in this place, more especially as it will be matter of frequent reference in the ...

— Great Indian Chief of the West - Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk • Benjamin Drake

... doubts. There were counter-magical methods against nearly all magic, and the book he had read had been only an elementary one. But he nodded. "I think with your name I could get my hands on your hearts, even if you did your worst. It doesn't matter. I claim ...

— The Sky Is Falling • Lester del Rey

... who was departing for Constantinople: "... You see I am in a humour to laugh. What can we do better in this best of all possible worlds? Should you ever be shut up in the seven towers, or get the plague, if you are a true philosopher you will consider this only as a laughing matter." ...

— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton

... the matter otherwise for understanding. Seeing that open vineyard, with a wall but two stones high, no man would think of plundering the crop of grapes. But surround that vineyard with a high, strong wall, and every son of Adam will conceive the project of clearing ...

— Oriental Encounters - Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 • Marmaduke Pickthall

... December, 1810, with the complaint that "with the exception of some pieces of poetry from several gentlemen in Philadelphia, and an essay on the early 'Poetick Writers,' the editors have received no original matter." ...

— The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 • Albert Smyth

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