English noun: matter | |||
1. | matter (cognition) a vaguely specified concern | ||
Samples | Several matters to attend to. It is none of your affair. Things are going well. | ||
Synonyms | affair, thing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | concern | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | least | ||
2. | matter (cognition) some situation or event that is thought about | ||
Samples | He kept drifting off the topic. He had been thinking about the subject for several years. It is a matter for the police. | ||
Synonyms | issue, subject, topic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cognitive content, content, mental object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | area, blind spot, remit, res adjudicata, res judicata | ||
3. | matter that which has mass and occupies space | ||
Samples | Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical entity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antimatter, dark matter, deposit, emanation, fluid, glop, goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, residue, sediment, slime, sludge, solid, solute, substance, substance, system, vegetable matter, ylem | ||
4. | matter (cognition) a problem | ||
Samples | Is anything the matter?. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | problem, trouble | ||
5. | matter (attribute) (used with negation) having consequence | ||
Samples | They were friends and it was no matter who won the games. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consequence, import, moment | ||
6. | matter (communication) written works (especially in books or magazines) | ||
Samples | He always took some reading matter with him on the plane. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | piece of writing, writing, written material | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | addendum, back matter, dictation, end matter, front matter, hard copy, postscript, prelims, recitation, soft copy, supplement, text, text, textual matter, typescript | ||
English verb: matter | |||
1. | matter (stative) have weight; have import, carry weight | ||
Samples | It does not matter much. | ||
Synonyms | count, weigh | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | press, weigh | ||