گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'matter'

1 عمومی:: جسم‌

2 عمومی:: امر

3 عمومی:: ماهیت‌

4 عمومی:: ذات‌

5 عمومی:: موضوع‌

6 عمومی:: ماده‌

7 عمومی:: جوهر

8 عمومی:: مط‌لب‌

1 general:: noun elements: All things are composed of matter. noun trouble: What is the matter with her?

2 general::   verb ADV. a great deal, a lot, really These things matter a lot to young children. | hardly, little (formal), not much, scarcely She could find a job. It hardly mattered what. | no longer, not any more VERB + MATTER not seem to Somehow it didn't seem to matter much any more. PREP. about It doesn't matter about the mess. | to It didn't matter to her that he was blind.

3 general::   noun subject/situation that must be dealt with ADJ. important, pressing, serious, urgent, weighty He left, saying he had pressing matters to attend to. The question of his innocence is a weighty matter for this court. | awkward, complex, complicated, delicate, difficult I wasn't sure how to approach the delicate matter of pay. | no easy, (no) simple It is then a simple matter to print off the data you have collected. It is no simple matter starting a new business. | trifling, trivial | practical They've agreed in theory, but now we need to discuss practical matters. | family, personal | subject His articles deal with a wide range of subject matter. | economic, environmental, financial, legal, political, procedural, routine, technical The rest of the meeting was taken up by routine matters. | different I don't mind lizards, but snakes are a different matter. VERB + MATTER bring up, broach, raise I thought I'd better broach the matter with my boss. The matter will be raised at our next meeting. | address, debate, discuss, go into, take up I don't really want to go into this matter now. | pursue, take further After legal advice I chose to take the matter further. | drop His lawyer advised him to drop the matter. | consider, examine, look at/into, tackle | clarify, clear up, decide, resolve, settle It's a relief to have the matter settled. | approach, deal with, treat Police are treating the matter as a murder enquiry. PREP. in a/the ~ I don't have much experience in these matters. Do I have any choice in the matter? | on a/the ~ Speak to your manager if you need help on this matter. | ~ for The incident is definitely a matter for the police. | ~ of It's a matter of concern to all of us. We discussed the matter of whether or not to hire a bus. Getting the effect you want is a matter of trial and error. PHRASES the crux/heart of the matter (= the most important part of a subject/situation), let the matter drop/rest She refused to let the matter rest. | the matter in hand Let's concentrate on the matter in hand for now, and leave other issues till later. matters: situation you are in VERB + MATTER complicate, confuse, make worse, not help It didn't help matters that I had a terrible cold. To make matters worse, my friend then lost her keys. | arrange She always arranges matters to suit herself. substance ADJ. solid | organic, vegetable composed entirely of organic matter | inanimate, inorganic | printed, written

4 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with MATTER, Also see CRUX OF THE MATTER; FOR THAT MATTER; GRAY MATTER; MINCE MATTERS; MIND OVER MATTER; NO JOKE (LAUGHING MATTER); NO MATTER; THE MATTER.

5 general:: matter adjectives a serious/important matter • It is a very serious matter to mislead the police. an urgent matter (= something that needs to be dealt with quickly ) a weighty matter (= an important matter ) • I was surprised that this weighty matter was decided so quickly. a small/trivial matter (= a matter that is not important ) • Walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous. a simple/easy matter (= something that is easy to do ) • Putting together the bookcases is a fairly simple matter. a personal/private matter • We never spoke about personal matters. a financial/legal/religious etc matter • This is a legal matter and should be discussed with a solicitor. a practical matter • He wrote to him several times about practical matters to do with the house. verbs discuss the matter • She refused to discuss the matter. raise the matter (with somebody) (= discuss something with someone ) • If you need further training, raise the matter with your manager. consider the matter (= think about something ) settle/resolve the matter (= decide something ) • They are meeting tonight to settle the matter. pursue the matter (= keep discussing or asking about something ) • She decided not to pursue the matter, as it obviously upset him. investigate the matter (= try to find out the truth about something ) • The police said they were investigating the matter. let the matter rest/drop (= stop discussing or worrying about something ) • I was too curious to let the matter drop. phrases a matter of importance (= something important ) • He consulted her on all matters of importance. a matter of concern (= something that concerns people ) • Safety standards in the industry have become a matter of concern. a matter for debate/negotiation/discussion (= something to be debated/negotiated etc ) • How to solve the housing crisis is a matter for debate. a matter for speculation/conjecture (= something people discuss and wonder about ) • His future had become a matter for speculation. be a matter for somebody (to decide) (= be something that a particular person should decide ) • This is a matter for the judge. the matter at hand ( also the matter in hand British English ) (= the thing you are dealing with now ) • Do not let yourself be distracted from the matter in hand. be no laughing matter (= be something serious and important, though it might seem funny ) • A doctor’s bad handwriting is no laughing matter, because it can lead to errors. the heart/crux of the matter (= the most important part of something ) • The crux of the matter is: how do we prevent these floods from happening again?