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matter
A	noun
	1	substance, matter
			that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance, matter ╚micronutrient ╚antimatter ╚dark matter ╚ylem ╚material; stuff ╚sediment; deposit ╚grinding ╚drift ╚protoplasm; living substance ╚body substance ╚bedding material; bedding; litter ╚ballast ╚food; nutrient
	2	matter
			(used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚worth ╚value ╚importance ╚significance ╚consequence; import; moment ╚matter
	3	matter, affair, thing
			a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
		Category Tree: state ╚cognitive state; state of mind ╚curiosity; wonder ╚interest; involvement ╚concern ╚matter, affair, thing
	4	matter
			a problem; "is anything the matter?"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚cognitive factor ╚difficulty ╚trouble; problem ╚matter
	5	topic, subject, issue, matter
			some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚topic, subject, issue, matter ╚area ╚res judicata; res adjudicata ╚blind spot
	6	matter
			written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚matter ╚recitation ╚addendum; supplement; postscript ╚back matter; end matter ╚front matter; prelims ╚typescript ╚text ╚text; textual matter ╚dictation
B	verb
	1	count, matter, weigh
			have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
		Category Tree: be ╚count, matter, weigh ╚weigh; press

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It don't matter / It doesn't matter
"for what it's worth" and "for that matter"
Affair ou matter?
I don't know what's the matter.
Handle this matter promptly?
what's the matter
Difference between: Don't care / I don't mind / It doesn't matter / Never mind
matter
cut to the quick of the matter
subject-matter
"in a matter of fact"
It don't matter - it do
as a practical matter
Help me on this matter pls.
'to meet us half way in settling the matter'
matter/issue/ question?
So Confused with "Matter"
only in charge of the project being the subject matter of the application
as a matter of principle
a matter of hours
more a matter of/a matter more of
"more a matter of" or "a matter more of"?
matter-of-fact and practical Christian
Is it a matter of importance?
Don't matter/no matter/doesn't matter
"What can the matter be with me?" or "What can be the matter with me?"
no longer a matter of concern
"No matter what"--pompous and archaic?
no matter how...
tweaked, in the matter of administration
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