matter
noun
1. a vaguely specified concern
- several matters to attend to
Similar word(s): affair, thing
Definition categories: thought, concern
2. some situation or event that is thought about
- it is a matter for the police
Similar word(s): issue, subject, topic
Definition categories: thought, content
3. that which has mass and occupies space
- physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it
Definition categories: general
4. a problem
- is anything the matter?
Definition categories: thought, problem, trouble
5. (used with negation) having consequence
- they were friends and it was no matter who won the games
Definition categories: attribute, consequence, import, moment
6. written works (especially in books or magazines)
- he always took some reading matter with him on the plane
Definition categories: communication, writing
Sentences with matter as a noun:
- vegetable matter
- printed matter;
- What's the matter?;
- I stayed for a matter of months.