Matter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a vaguely specified concern

some situation or event that is thought about

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈæɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈatə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈatə/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈæɾɚ/.

Examples

several matters to attend to
it is none of your affair
things are going well

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

thing weigh issue subject topic affair count

Parts of Speech

noun	a vaguely specified concern “several matters to attend to”
noun	some situation or event that is thought about “he kept drifting off the topic”
noun	that which has mass and occupies space “physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it”
noun	a problem “is anything the matter?”
noun	(used with negation) having consequence “they were friends and it was no matter who won the games”
noun	written works (especially in books or magazines) “he always took some reading matter with him on the plane”
verb	have weight; have import, carry weight “It does not matter much”

Word Forms

topical	adjective	of or relating to or arranged by topics
matter	verb	have weight; have import, carry weight
matter	noun	some situation or event that is thought about

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gegenstand

ein vage spezifiziertes Anliegen

🇫🇷French

matière

une préoccupation vaguement précisée

🇪🇸Spanish

asunto

una preocupación vagamente especificada

🇮🇹Italian

questione

una preoccupazione vagamente specificata

🇳🇱Dutch

materie

een vaag omschreven zorg

🇵🇹Portuguese

matéria

uma preocupação vagamente especificada

🇷🇺Russian

иметь значение

смутно определенное беспокойство

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मामला

एक अस्पष्ट रूप से निर्दिष्ट चिंता

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্যাপার

একটি অস্পষ্টভাবে নির্দিষ্ট উদ্বেগ

🇮🇳Tamil

விஷயம்

ஒரு தெளிவற்ற குறிப்பிட்ட கவலை

🇮🇳Telugu

విషయం

అస్పష్టంగా పేర్కొన్న ఆందోళన

🇮🇳Marathi

बाब

एक अस्पष्टपणे निर्दिष्ट चिंता

🇮🇳Gujarati

બાબત

અસ્પષ્ટ રીતે ઉલ્લેખિત ચિંતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಷಯ

ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸಿದ ಕಾಳಜಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാര്യം

അവ്യക്തമായി വ്യക്തമാക്കിയ ആശങ്ക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਮਲਾ

ਇੱਕ ਅਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਚਿੰਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

معاملہ

مبہم طور پر مخصوص تشویش

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

事情

模糊具体的关注

🇯🇵Japanese

案件

漠然と特定された懸念

🇰🇷Korean

문제

모호하게 명시된 관심사

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vấn đề

một mối quan ngại được chỉ rõ một cách mơ hồ

🇹🇭Thai

วัตถุ

ข้อกังวลที่ระบุอย่างคลุมเครือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

urusan

kekhawatiran yang tidak jelas

🇵🇭Filipino

bagay

isang malabo na tinukoy na alalahanin

🇲🇾Malay

perkara

kebimbangan yang dinyatakan secara samar-samar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

موضوع

قلق محدد بشكل غامض

🇮🇷Persian

موضوع

یک نگرانی مبهم مشخص شده

🇹🇷Turkish

konu

belirsiz bir şekilde belirlenmiş bir endişe

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוֹמֶר

דאגה שצוינה במעורפל

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