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--- Overview of noun matter_

The noun matter has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
                    
1. (35) matter, affair, thing ::: (a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well")
2. (32) topic, subject, issue, matter ::: (some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police")
3. (7) matter ::: (that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it")
4. (1) matter ::: (a problem; "is anything the matter?")
5. (1) matter ::: ((used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games")
6. matter ::: (written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane")

--- Overview of verb matter_

The verb matter has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
                    
1. (21) count, matter, weigh ::: (have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much")


--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun matter_

6 senses of matter                          

Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
   => concern
     => interest, involvement
       => curiosity, wonder
         => cognitive state, state of mind
           => psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition
             => condition, status
               => state
                 => attribute
                   => abstraction, abstract entity
                     => entity

Sense 2
topic, subject, issue, matter
   => content, cognitive content, mental object
     => cognition, knowledge, noesis
       => psychological feature
         => abstraction, abstract entity
           => entity

Sense 3
matter
   => physical entity
     => entity

Sense 4
matter
   => trouble, problem
     => difficulty
       => cognitive factor
         => cognition, knowledge, noesis
           => psychological feature
             => abstraction, abstract entity
               => entity

Sense 5
matter
   => consequence, import, moment
     => significance
       => importance
         => value
           => worth
             => quality
               => attribute
                 => abstraction, abstract entity
                   => entity

Sense 6
matter
   => writing, written material, piece of writing
     => written communication, written language, black and white
       => communication
         => abstraction, abstract entity
           => entity


--- Hyponyms of noun matter_

4 of 6 senses of matter                        

Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
   => least

Sense 2
topic, subject, issue, matter
   => area
   => blind spot
   => remit
   => res judicata, res adjudicata

Sense 3
matter
   => substance
   => substance
   => sediment, deposit
   => ylem
   => dark matter
   => antimatter
   => glop
   => fluid
   => sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
   => system
   => residue
   => solid
   => solute
   => emanation
   => vegetable matter

Sense 6
matter
   => dictation
   => text, textual matter
   => text
   => typescript
   => front matter, prelims
   => back matter, end matter
   => soft copy
   => hard copy
   => addendum, supplement, postscript
   => recitation


--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun matter_

6 senses of matter                          

Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
   => concern

Sense 2
topic, subject, issue, matter
   => content, cognitive content, mental object

Sense 3
matter
   => physical entity

Sense 4
matter
   => trouble, problem

Sense 5
matter
   => consequence, import, moment

Sense 6
matter
   => writing, written material, piece of writing




--- Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun matter_

6 senses of matter                          

Sense 1
matter, affair, thing
  -> concern
   => worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth
   => matter, affair, thing
   => personal business, personal matters, affairs
   => part
   => point of honor

Sense 2
topic, subject, issue, matter
  -> content, cognitive content, mental object
   => tradition
   => object
   => food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
   => noumenon, thing-in-itself
   => universe, universe of discourse
   => topic, subject, issue, matter
   => issue
   => idea, thought
   => kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
   => wisdom
   => representation, mental representation, internal representation
   => belief
   => unbelief, disbelief
   => heresy, unorthodoxy
   => goal, end
   => education
   => experience
   => acculturation, culture
   => lore, traditional knowledge
   => ignorance
   => knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain
   => metaknowledge

Sense 3
matter
  -> physical entity
   => thing
   => object, physical object
   => causal agent, cause, causal agency
   => matter
   => process, physical process
   => substance

Sense 4
matter
  -> trouble, problem
   => pressure point
   => can of worms
   => deep water
   => growing pains
   => hydra
   => matter

Sense 5
matter
  -> consequence, import, moment
   => matter
   => hell to pay

Sense 6
matter
  -> writing, written material, piece of writing
   => bowdlerization, bowdlerisation
   => title
   => cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing
   => rewrite, revision, rescript
   => literary composition, literary work
   => literature
   => literature
   => matter
   => criticism, literary criticism
   => section, subdivision
   => paragraph
   => diary, journal
   => inscription, lettering
   => manuscript, ms
   => autograph
   => treatise
   => adaptation, version
   => essay
   => editing, redaction
   => sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
   => screed
   HAS INSTANCE=> Ayurveda
   => document, written document, papers
   => dramatic composition, dramatic work
   => dithyramb
   => plagiarism
   => transcript




--- Grep of noun matter_
matter of course
matter of fact
matter of law

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