How to pronounce “matter”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (uncountable) Material; substance.
• An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
• An approximate amount or extent.
• (countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
• (obsolete) Essence; pith; embodiment.
• (obsolete) (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• (dated, medicine) Pus.
• (uncountable) Importance.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.]
• (transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]
• (intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

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