matter
Material; substanceMaterial; substance.: Anything with mass and volume.
» What is the matter with you?
Was ist los mit dir?
Was hast du?
Was ist los mit euch?
Was ist los mit Ihnen?
Да что с тобой такое?
Что с вами такое?
Что с Вами?
Що з Вами?
Що з тобою таке?
Що з вами таке?
Meaning
12 sensesMaterial; substance.
(countable, uncountable)Anything with mass and volume.
that which has mass and occupies space
(countable, uncountable)Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
(countable, uncountable)A kind of substance.
vegetable matter
Masse, Substanz, Stoff
вещество́veščestvó, материа́лmateriál
речовина́rečovyná, мате́ріяmatérija
(countable, uncountable)Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
written works (especially in books or magazines)
(countable, uncountable)Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
(countable, uncountable)An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
Something is the matter with him.
The diplomats met to discuss state matters.
Angelegenheit
де́лоdélo
спра́ваspráva
(countable, uncountable)An approximate amount or extent.
I stayed for a matter of months.
(countable)Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
Please find attached an invoice for three outstanding matters.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Pus.
Materie
вещество́veščestvó, мате́рияmatérija
(uncountable)Importance.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Essence; pith; embodiment.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
Angelegenheit, Anlass
де́лоdélo, вопро́сvoprós, по́водpóvod
спра́ваspráva, пита́нняpytánnja
Examples
3906 sentencesWhat is the matter with you?
Що з Вами?
ruДа что с тобой такое?
deWas ist los mit dir?
Getting married is a serious matter.
Одруження - серйозне питання.
ruЖенитьба - дело серьёзное.
deSich zu verheiraten, ist eine ernsthafte Sache.
I discussed the matter with him.
Я обговорив з ним це питання.
deIch habe die Angelegenheit mit ihm besprochen.
I didn't think it would matter.
Я не думав, що це матиме значення.
ruЯ не думал, что это будет иметь значение.
It's not a matter of price.
Справа не в ціні.
ruДело не в цене.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
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Origin
From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French mateFrom Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother.
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Forms
plural: mattersSynonyms
10 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
49 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- no matter what
- no matter
- no matter how
- a matter of
- matter what happens
- matter of fact
- the matter with
- discuss the matter
- matter how much
- really matter
- matter how hard
- as a matter