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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

... back to the couch, Forrester's eyes following her every inch of the way. She sat down, looked up and said: "What's the matter? Do I bore you?" ...

— Pagan Passions • Gordon Randall Garrett

... on that matter,' remarked her philosophical ladyship, who held that man was a fighting animal, and must not have ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... sticky slabs of Africa's maize bread, and then padded off with the tray. Coming out again, she crouched down on her heels against the doorpost, and silently watched us with impenetrable eyes, that never blinked or turned aside, no matter how much ...

— Essays in Rebellion • Henry W. Nevinson

... Albert heard this marvelous tale, he greatly doubted its truth, and was determined to put the matter to a test. As the moon was shining brightly, and the night was quiet, he armed, mounted, and immediately hastened to the plain of Wandlesbury, accompanied by a squire of ...

— Good Stories For Great Holidays - Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the - Children's Own Reading • Frances Jenkins Olcott

... the thought of her alone—the weak, unconscious sufferer, near to death—that Rotha had said that worse might occur. Such an eviction from house and home might bring death yet nearer. To be turned into the road, without shelter—whether justly or unjustly, what could it matter? —this would be death itself to the ...

— The Shadow of a Crime - A Cumbrian Romance • Hall Caine

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