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What does matter mean?

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Noun
  1. Substance, material.
    1. (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
    2. (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).
    3. A kind of substance.
    4. Written material (especially in books or magazines).
    5. (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
  2. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
  3. An approximate amount or extent.
  4. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
  5. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
  6. (dated) Pus.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To be important.
  2. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
  3. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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