matter, n.
(matters)
freq. cnt. 76
(matters)
freq. cnt. 76
a vaguely specified concern
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 90 freq. cnt.: 35 freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 23
affair matter thing
sample sentences
"several matters to attend to""it is none of your affair"
"things are going well"
some situation or event that is thought about
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
issue matter subject topic
sample sentences
"he kept drifting off the topic""he had been thinking about the subject for several years"
"it is a matter for the police"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
that which has mass and occupies space
<noun.Tops> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
matter
sample sentences
"physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
(used with negation) having consequence
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
matter
sample sentences
"they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a problem
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
matter
written works (especially in books or magazines)
<noun.communication>
matter