matters

noun

(uncountable) Material; substance.

(physics) Anything with mass and volume.

(physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.

A kind of substance.

Printed material, especially in books or magazines.

(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.

An approximate amount or extent.

(countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.

(uncountable) Importance.

A surname.

(dated, medicine) Pus.

(obsolete) Essence; pith; embodiment.

(obsolete) (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

verb

(intransitive, stative) To be important.

(transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important.

(intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Roots

materiamatter- · Latin · matter, timber

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