matter

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Material; substance.
2. (countable, uncountable) Material; substance.
3. (countable, uncountable) Material; substance.
4. (countable, uncountable) Material; substance.
5. (countable, uncountable) Material; substance.
6. (countable, uncountable) An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
7. (countable, uncountable) An approximate amount or extent.
8. (countable) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Essence; pith; embodiment.
10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
11. (countable, dated, uncountable) Pus.
12. (uncountable) Importance.

Verb

1. (intransitive, stative) To be important.
2. (Caribbean, England, regional, transitive) To care about, to mind; to find important.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Conceptos

materia

asunto

cosa

importar

cuestión

objeto

tema

sustancia

pus

lectura

caso

achaque

substancia

texto

artefacto

podre

supurar

utensilio

tratarse

objeto, cosa

contar

🔢

escrito

especie

interés

masa

motivo

negocio

pan comido

particular

problema

punto

significar

Opuesto a

antimatter

Sinónimos

affair

business

thing

case

substance

material

issue

subject

pus

business deal

topic

concern

question

❓

problem

article

object

event

stuff

item

function

count

🔢

phenomenon

point

work

fact

reason

theme

word

things

suppurate

body

trouble

palaver

cause

weigh

job

important

fester

story

entity

signify

situation

circumstance

essence

subject matter

pith

news

📰

mass

copy

argument

Traducciones

matière

Materie

materia

affaire

Stoff

Sache

Angelegenheit

matéria

materie

stof

chose

sujet

zaak

faccenda

materia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmætə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: matere

Cognado con Classical Armenian: մայր

Cognado con inglés antiguo: andweorc

Cognado con inglés antiguo: intinga

In summary

From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin materia (“wood”), from mater (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother.
Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).

Oraciones

No matter how much he offered , Scott would not accept the deal .

No importa cuánto ofreciera, Scott no aceptaría el trato.

Nothing's the matter with me .

Nada es el asunto conmigo.