matter
ma ter
- n a vaguely specified concern
several matters to attend to - n some situation or event that is thought about
it is a matter for the police - n that which has mass and occupies space
physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it - n a problem
is anything the matter? - n (used with negation) having consequence
they were friends and it was no matter who won the games - n written works (especially in books or magazines)
he always took some reading matter with him on the plane - v have weight; have import, carry weight
It does not matter much
- Maturation of white matter is important because it increases the brain's processing speed; nerve impulses travel faster in mature white matter.
- Did the bloggers matter in the end? Are the Dems more conservative? Did Republicans lose on the war? PTI separates fact from fiction.
- The only possibility: some form of invisible dark matter was holding things together, and while you could infer the mass of dark matter in and around galaxies, nobody knew if it .