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Meaning of matter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  matter
      n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend
           to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
           [syn: {matter}, {affair}, {thing}]
      2: some situation or event that is thought about; "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}, {matter}]
      3: that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study
         both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
      4: a problem; "is anything the matter?"
      5: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends
         and it was no matter who won the games"
      6: written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always
         took some reading matter with him on the plane"
      v 1: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter
           much" [syn: {count}, {matter}, {weigh}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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