What is the meaning of matter?

noun

• A vaguely specified concern.
  • usage: "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
  • synonyms: affair, thing
• Some situation or event that is thought about.
  • usage: "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
  • synonyms: topic, subject, issue
• That which has mass and occupies space.
  • usage: "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
• A problem.
  • usage: "is anything the matter"
• Used with negation. ( having consequence)
  • usage: "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
• Written works (especially in books or magazines. )
  • usage: "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

verb

• Have weight; have import, carry weight.
  • usage: "It does not matter much"
  • synonyms: count, weigh