matter

n//ˈmæt.ə//

angelägenhet, fråga, ärende, materia, stoff, spela roll

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

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

  3. An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.

  4. A kind of substance.

  5. (intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.]

  6. (transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]

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