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matter
English
Etymology
From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin materia (“matter, stuff, material”), derivative of Latin mater (“mother”). Doublet of Madeira.
Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mæt?/, [?mæ??]
- Homophone: madder
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
- Hyphenation: mat?ter
Noun
matter (countable and uncountable, plural matters)
- Substance, material.
- (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Antonym: antimatter
- A kind of substance.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- if the matter should be tried by duel
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
- He is the matter of virtue.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
- (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
- (dated) Pus.
Synonyms
- material
- stuff
- substance
Derived terms
Related terms
- dark matter
Translations
Verb
matter (third-person singular simple present matters, present participle mattering, simple past and past participle mattered)
- (intransitive) 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.]
- , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
- Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 56:
- He matter'd not that, he said; coy maids made the fondest wives […].
- , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
- (intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
- Each slight sore mattereth.
Derived terms
- it doesn't matter
- no matter (“in spite of”)
Synonyms
- (be important): signify
Translations
French
Verb
matter
- Alternative spelling of mater
Conjugation
Anagrams
- mettra
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mat?/
Adjective
matter
- comparative degree of matt
- inflection of matt:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Middle French
Alternative forms
- mater
Verb
matter
- to checkmate
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
matter m pl or f pl
- indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
matter f pl
- indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
matter From the web:
- what matters
- what matters in life
- what matters most in life
- what matters to you
- what matter is fire
- what matters most to you
adventure
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?d?v?nt???/, /æd?v?nt???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?v?nt???/
- Hyphenation: ad?ven?ture
Etymology 1
From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).
Noun
adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)
- The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
- A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
- A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
- (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
- (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
- (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
- (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
- (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
- 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart
- He was in great adventure of his life.
- 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart
Synonyms
- (that which happens by chance): fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
- (chance of danger or loss): hazard
- (risk): jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger
Antonyms
- abstention, peradventure, unadventurous
Derived terms
- at all adventures
Related terms
- advent
- advene
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.
Verb
adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)
- (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
- (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
- c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:
- Discriminations might be adventured.
- c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:
- (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- adventure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- aventured, unaverted
Latin
Participle
advent?re
- vocative masculine singular of advent?rus
Middle French
Alternative forms
- aventure
Etymology
From Old French avanture, with the addition of a d to reflect Latin advent?rum.
Noun
adventure f (plural adventures)
- adventure
- fortune
adventure From the web:
- what adventure time character are you
- what adventure rank for co op
- what adventure time character am i
- what adventure time character are you buzzfeed
- what adventures lie ahead
- what adventure time episodes can i skip
- what adventure time princess are you
- what adventure rank to go to liyue
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