1. (noun)matter, affair, thing a vaguely specified concern "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
2. (noun)topic, subject, issue, matter 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"
3. (noun)matter that which has mass and occupies space "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
4. (noun)matter a problem "is anything the matter?"
5. (noun)matter (used with negation) having consequence "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
6. (noun)matter written works (especially in books or magazines)
"he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
7. (verb)count, matter, weigh have weight; have import, carryweight "It does not matter much"
Definition of 'matter'
