matter

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for matter

matter 🔊 /mæˈtɚ/

matter : හේතු වෙනවා

matter : කාරිය

matter : දැය

matter : භෞතික ද්‍රව්‍යය

matter : වග

matter : පලහිලව්ව

matter : ද්‍රව්‍යය

matter : ද්‍රව්‍ය

matter : කාර්යය

matter : විෂයය

matter : පදාර්ථය

matter : සැරව

matter : පදාර්ථ

matter : වත්

matter : කරුණ

matter : විසා

matter : කාරණය

matter : කටයුත්ත

matter : දේ

matter : ඇමුණූ අකුරු

matter : ධාතුව

matter definition

Noun.

  1. That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
  2. That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
  3. That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.
  4. That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.
  5. Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.
  6. Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
  7. Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.
  8. Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.
  9. That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form.
  10. Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To be of importance; to import; to signify.
  2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Transitive verb. To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.