NOUN | cognition | matter, affair, thing | a vaguely specified concern |
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cognition | matter, topic, subject, issue | some situation or event that is thought about | |
Tops | matter | that which has mass and occupies space | |
cognition | matter | a problem | |
attribute | matter | (used with negation) having consequence | |
communication | matter | written works (especially in books or magazines) | |
VERB | stative | matter, count, weigh | have weight |
Sounds | mae'ter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A vaguely specified concern. | |
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Example | "several matters to attend to" | |
Synonyms | affair, thing | |
Narrower | least | Something that is of no importance |
Broader | concern | Something that interests you because it is important or affects you |
Spanish | aspecto, asunto, cosa, cuestión | |
Catalan | afer, assumpte, cosa |
Meaning | Some situation or event that is thought about. | |
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Example | "it is a matter for the police" | |
Synonyms | topic, subject, issue | |
Narrower | area | A subject of study |
blind spot | A subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment | |
remit | The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with | |
res judicata, res adjudicata | A matter already settled in court | |
Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
Spanish | asunto, cuestión, materia, tema | |
Catalan | assumpte, matèria, qüestió, tema | |
Verbs | matter | have weight |
Meaning | That which has mass and occupies space. | |
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Example | "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" | |
Narrower | antimatter | Matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances |
dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe | |
emanation | Something that is emitted / emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) | |
fluid | continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container | |
glop | Any gummy shapeless matter | |
residue | Matter that remains after something has been removed | |
sediment, deposit | Matter that has been deposited by some natural process | |
sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze | Any thick, viscous matter | |
solid | Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure | |
solute | The dissolved matter in a solution | |
substance | The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | |
substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties | |
system | (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium | |
vegetable matter | Matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant | |
ylem | (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements | |
Broader | physical entity | An entity that has physical existence |
Spanish | materia, sustancia | |
Catalan | matèria, substància |
Meaning | A problem. | |
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Example | "is anything the matter?" | |
Broader | trouble, problem | A source of difficulty |
Spanish | cuestión |
Meaning | (used with negation) having consequence. | |
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Example | "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" | |
Broader | consequence, import, moment | Having important effects or influence |
Verbs | matter | have weight |
Meaning | Have weight; have import, carry weight. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; It ----s that CLAUSE | |
Example | "It does not matter much" | |
Synonyms | count, weigh | |
Narrower | weigh, press | To be oppressive or burdensome |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
See also | matter to | be of importance or consequence |
Spanish | contar, importar, pesar | |
Catalan | comptar, importar, pesar | |
Nouns | matter | (used with negation) having consequence |
matter | some situation or event that is thought about |
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