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matter noun

  /ˈmætə/ , /ˈmætɚ/ , [-ɾɚ]
  • (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
мате́рия, вещество́
  • An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
мате́рия, де́ло
  • A kind of substance.
вещество́, материа́л
  • (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
вопро́с, де́ло
  • (obsolete) (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
по́вод

matter verb

  /ˈmætə/ , /ˈmætɚ/ , [-ɾɚ]
  • (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.]
[[име́ть]] [[значе́ние]], быть [[важный|ва́жным]]
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