Meaning

12 senses
  1. Material; substance.

    (countable, uncountable)Anything with mass and volume.

    that which has mass and occupies space

  2. (countable, uncountable)Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A kind of substance.

    vegetable matter

    Masse, Substanz, Stoff

    вещество́veščestvó, материа́лmateriál

    речовина́rečovyná, мате́ріяmatérija

  4. (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)

  5. (countable, uncountable)Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

  6. (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

  7. (countable, uncountable)An approximate amount or extent.

    I stayed for a matter of months.

  8. (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.

  9. (countable, dated, uncountable)Pus.

    Materie

    вещество́veščestvó, мате́рияmatérija

  10. (uncountable)Importance.

  11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Essence; pith; embodiment.

  12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)(The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

    Angelegenheit, Anlass

    де́лоdélo, вопро́сvoprós, по́водpóvod

    спра́ваspráva, пита́нняpytánnja

Examples

3906 sentences
  1. What is the matter with you?

    Що з Вами?

    ruДа что с тобой такое?

    deWas ist los mit dir?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Getting married is a serious matter.

    Одруження - серйозне питання.

    ruЖенитьба - дело серьёзное.

    deSich zu verheiraten, ist eine ernsthafte Sache.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. I discussed the matter with him.

    Я обговорив з ним це питання.

    deIch habe die Angelegenheit mit ihm besprochen.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. I didn't think it would matter.

    Я не думав, що це матиме значення.

    ruЯ не думал, что это будет иметь значение.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. It's not a matter of price.

    Справа не в ціні.

    ruДело не в цене.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
basic structural component of the universe:
kind of substance:
situation, condition, subject or affair:
reason for concern:
Русский
By meaning 5
basic structural component of the universe:
kind of substance:
situation, condition, subject or affair:
reason for concern:
cause:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
basic structural component of the universe:
kind of substance:
situation, condition, subject or affair:
cause:

Origin

From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French mate

From 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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: matters
Singularmatter
Pluralmatters

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

49 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
matter — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto