MATTER
\mˈatə], \mˈatə], \m_ˈa_t_ə]\
Definitions of MATTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
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a problem; "is anything the matter?"
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written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
By Princeton University
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(used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
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a problem; "is anything the matter?"
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written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
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That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.
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That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.
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Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
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Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.
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Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.
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To be of importance; to import; to signify.
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To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
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Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; - chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.
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Amount; quantity; portion; space; - often indefinite.
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That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; - opposed to form.
By Oddity Software
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That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
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That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.
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That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.
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Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
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Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.
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Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.
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To be of importance; to import; to signify.
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To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
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Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; - chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.
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Amount; quantity; portion; space; - often indefinite.
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That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; - opposed to form.
By Noah Webster.
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That which occupies space, and can be perceived by the senses; body; substance; as, the subject matter of a book; a thing of importance; business; as, the matter needs prompt attention; event; indefinite amount; ground; cause of difficulty; as, what is the matter pus; set-up type for a printer.
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Be of importance; signify; to form pus.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Fluid in abscesses or on festering sores, pus.
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That which occupies space, and with which we become acquainted by our bodily senses: that out of which anything is made: the subject or thing treated of: that with which one has to do: cause of a thing: thing of consequence: importance: indefinite amount:-v.i. to be of importance: to signify.
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Mattering; pa.p. mattered.
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Matterless.
By Daniel Lyons
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Matterless.
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To be of concern or importance; signify.
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The substance of anything; material; essence; importance.
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That which has extension, inertia. Weight, etc.
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A subject, as for discussion.
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A condition of affsirs; case; trouble.
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Matter of fact.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Substance of which bodies are composed; subject; affair; importance; pus.
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To be of consequence; signify.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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That which occupies space, and is perceptible to the senses; material; the subject treated of or that occupies us; the substance of what is said; substance: affair; business: importance; thing; indefinite amount; that which is discharged in a tumour boil or abscess; pus set-up type.
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To be of importance; to signify; to form pus.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Substance extended; body; that which is visible or tangible; that of which anything is composed; subject; thing treated or spoken of; object; question considered; that about which we think or write; event; business; in logic, substantial as opposed to formal truth; cause of disturbance; thing nearly computed, as a matter of five miles; thing limited to fact, as opposed to a flight of the imagination; in printing, set-up type.
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To be of importance; to signify.
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The moisture from a sore; pus.
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To generate pus or matter, as a sore.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Any substance which enters into the composition of a body. In Medicine, it is sometimes applied to the substance of evacuations; and is also used synonymously with pus.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Latin] Body; substance; visible or tangible form;— elementary substance of which the earth and all living bodies are composed— usually classified as solid matter, or coherent substance, as wood or stone; liquid matter, or substances having free motion among their parts, is water, oil, wine, &c. aeriform matter, or elastic substances, as vapour, gas, &c.; imponderable matter, or substances destitute of sensible weight, as light, heat, electricity, &c.;— material;— the thing treated of; subject;— affair; concern; business;— event; incident;— the thing supposed or intended; importance; significance; moment;— the inducing cause of disturbance, difficulty, disease, &c.;— A short space of time;— a small portion of distance;— the subject of complaint; suit; demand;— pus; purulent discharge from an abscess.