1. • noun - a vaguely specified concern
   • noun - some situation or event that is thought about
   • noun - that which has mass and occupies space
   • noun - a problem
   • noun - (used with negation) having consequence
   • noun - written works (especially in books or magazines)
   • verb - have weight
   • adj - not reflecting light
2. • Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole.
   • Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.
   • A specific type of substance: inorganic matter.
   • Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.
   • In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance and experience.
   • That which is postulated by the mortal mind, regarded as illusion and as the opposite of substance or God: “Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal” (Mary Baker Eddy).
   • The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.
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   • An approximated quantity, amount, or extent: The construction will last a matter of years.
   • Something printed or otherwise set down in writing: reading matter.
   • Something sent by mail.
   • Printing.
   • Composed type.
   • Material to be set in type.
3. • v - to be of importance

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