matter : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb in reality or actuality
  in fact; in point of fact.
  
  • in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived
  • painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated
  • as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father

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• noun written matter following the main text of a book
  back matter.
  

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• noun a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
  law of conservation of mass; conservation of matter; conservation of mass.
  

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• noun the most important point
  crux.
  

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• noun (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force
  

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• (Print.), type which has been used, or which is not to be used, in printing, and is ready for distribution.

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• noun written matter following the main text of a book
  back matter.
  

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• noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
  ordure; dejection; BM; stool; faecal matter; feces; faeces.
  

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• noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
  ordure; dejection; BM; stool; faecal matter; feces; faeces.
  

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• adverb as far as that is concerned
  
  • for that matter I don't care either

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• noun written matter preceding the main text of a book
  prelims.
  

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• noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
  grey substance; substantia grisea; gray matter; gray substance.
  

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• noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
  grey substance; substantia grisea; gray matter; gray substance.
  

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• adverb in financial matters
  fiscally.
  
  • fiscally irresponsible

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• noun a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
  law of conservation of mass; conservation of matter; conservation of mass.
  

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• (Print.), type set up, but not yet printed from.

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• . See under Bar, and Fact.

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• noun an inevitable ending
  foregone conclusion.
  

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• noun a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide
  question of fact.
  
• noun a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
  

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• noun a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide
  question of law.
  

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• anything recorded.

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• verb be of importance or consequence
  interest.
  
  • This matters to me!

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• adjective satellite expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome
  

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• adjective satellite not fanciful or imaginative
  prosaic.
  
  • local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones
  • a prosaic and unimaginative essay
• adjective satellite concerned with practical matters
  pragmatical; pragmatic.
  
  • a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem
  • a matter-of-fact account of the trip

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Mat"ter-of-fact" adjective

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1. Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

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• adverb in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
  irrespective; disregarding; regardless; disregardless.
  
  • he carried on regardless of the difficulties

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• adverb in spite of all obstacles
  whatever may come; come hell or high water.
  
  • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water

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• noun photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
  graphics; art; artwork.
  
  • the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book

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• noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
  particulate.
  

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• noun matters of personal concern
  personal business; affairs.
  
  • get his affairs in order

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• noun illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
  picture.
  
  • the dictionary had many pictures

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• in a body, its mass, as determined by its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity.

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• noun (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
  state.
  
  • the solid state of water is called ice

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• noun what a communication that is about something is about
  content; message; substance.
  

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Sub"ject-mat`ter noun

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1. The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.

   As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone.

   As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it. J. H. Newman.

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• noun information set out in tabular form
  tabulation.
  

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• noun the words of something written
  text.
  
  • there were more than a thousand words of text
  • they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech
  • he wants to reconstruct the original text

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• to act according to the dictates of conscience concerning (any matter), or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates.

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• to have no weight or importance; to make no difference.

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• that which is all of the same kind and texture; homogenous matter.

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• considering the whole; taking all things into view.

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• noun matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant
  

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• noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
  waste; waste material; waste product.
  
  • they collect the waste once a week
  • much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers

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• noun whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
  substantia alba.
  

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• noun matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
  copy.
  

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