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adj. marital, marriage, wedding, conjugal, nuptial; married,
wedded, connubial: She obtained a court injunction banning him
from the matrimonial home. They enjoy matrimonial bliss.
matter n. 1 material, substance, stuff, sum and substance: Some
yellowish matter oozed out of the wound. It is a question of
mind over matter. 2 situation, issue, question, affair,
business, subject, topic, condition, thing, fact, concern;
occurrence, episode, incident, event, occasion, proceeding: It
was a matter of life and death. His loss of face is not a matter
that need involve you. 3 problem, difficulty, trouble,
complication, worry, upset, dilemma, quandary, enigma, puzzle:
What is the matter? 4 content, essentials, pith, context,
theme, argument, purport, implication; signification, meaning,
meaningfulness, import, importance, significance, moment,
weight, consequence: Pay attention to the matter in his speech,
not his manner. It is of little matter to me whether you go or
not. 5 amount, sum, quantity, question: It was only a matter of
a few pennies' difference.
--v. 6 be important or of importance, count, be of consequence,
make a difference, mean something: What you think matters a
great deal.
matter-of-fact
adj. straightforward, direct, forthright, sober, factual,
unimaginative, unartistic, prosaic, unpoetic, dry, dry-as-dust,
dull, boring, tiresome, flat, mundane, lifeless, featureless,
unvarnished, colourless, unembellished, unadorned: The report
contained a matter-of-fact description of the events.
mature adj. 1 adult, grown (up), full-grown, fully grown, of age,
fully fledged, full-fledged, fully developed, matured,
experienced, knowledgeable, sophisticated: At twenty-two, she
is mature enough to be on her own. 2 ripe, ready, ripened,
mellow, aged,' seasoned: A good wine, like fruit, should not be
consumed till it is mature. 3 complete, matured, perfect,
perfected, polished, refined, ready, fully developed,
consummated: Our plans are not yet mature.
--v. 4 grow up, age, develop, come of age; Brit be one's age,
US act one's age: Has he matured sufficiently to be trusted
alone in the house for the weekend? I wish he'd mature a bit