matter
1. a vaguely specified concern (Freq. 35)
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
• Syn:
affair, thing
• Hypernyms:
concern
• Hyponyms:
least
2. some situation or event that is thought about (Freq. 32)
- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
• Syn:
topic, subject, issue
• Derivationally related forms:
topical (for: topic)
• Hypernyms:
content, cognitive content, mental object
• Hyponyms:
area, blind spot, remit, res judicata, res adjudicata
3. that which has mass and occupies space (Freq. 7)
- physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it
• Hypernyms:
physical entity
• Hyponyms:
substance, sediment, deposit, ylem, dark matter,
antimatter, glop, fluid, sludge, slime, goo,
goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze,
system, residue, solid, solute, emanation, vegetable matter
4. a problem (Freq. 1)
- is anything the matter?
• Hypernyms:
trouble, problem
5. (used with negation) having consequence (Freq. 1)
- they were friends and it was no matter who won the games
• Hypernyms:
consequence, import, moment
6. written works (especially in books or magazines)
- he always took some reading matter with him on the plane
• Hypernyms:
writing, written material, piece of writing
• Hyponyms:
dictation, text, textual matter, typescript, front matter,
prelims, back matter, end matter, soft copy, hard copy, addendum,
supplement, postscript, recitation
have weight;
have import, carry weight (Freq. 21)
- It does not matter much
• Syn:
count, weigh
• See Also:
matter to
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
weigh, press
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- It ----s that CLAUSE
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