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- pronunciation:
- mae
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Matter is anything that can be seen, touched, or measured. Water, rocks, and air are made up of matter.
Water is a kind of matter called a liquid. Rocks are a solid kind of matter, and air is made of gases, which are also matter. You can't see the gases in air, but air is matter because you can measure it. When you fill a balloon with air, you know that matter is going into the balloon because the balloon gets bigger.- synonyms:
- stuff
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| definition 2: |
Something that is important to talk about or do something about is called a matter.
Sasha's headaches were an important matter that her mother wanted to discuss with her doctor.- synonyms:
- affair, concern
- similar words:
- case, event, experience, incident, issue, occasion, occurrence, situation, thing, topic
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| definition 3: |
If you ask "What's the matter?" you want to know what the problem or trouble is.
Jennifer was crying, so I asked her what was the matter.- synonyms:
- concern, difficulty, problem
- similar words:
- distress, trouble
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| related words: |
affair, bother, case |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
matters, mattering, mattered |
| definition: |
When something matters to you, it means that it is important to you. Having enough food to eat, having a nice place to live, and having friends are some things that matter to most people. When we say something doesn't matter, it means that it is not important.
It doesn't matter if it rains tomorrow because we decided to have my party inside.My mother says we have to eat healthy food because our health matters very much.- synonyms:
- count
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