matter
noun
/ˈmætə/
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/ˈmætɚ/
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[-ɾɚ]
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- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- A kind of substance.
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materia
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- (obsolete) (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
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causa,
res
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- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
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fabula,
māteria,
rēs
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- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
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fabula,
rēs
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matter
verb
/ˈmætə/
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/ˈmætɚ/
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[-ɾɚ]
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- (intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]
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intersum,
pertineo,
pertineo ad
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