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adj. marital, marriage, wedding, conjugal, nuptial; married,<br />

wedded, connubial: She obtained a court injunction banning him<br />

from the matrimonial home. They enjoy matrimonial bliss.<br />

matter n. 1 material, substance, stuff, sum and substance: Some<br />

yellowish matter oozed out of the wound. It is a question of<br />

mind over matter. 2 situation, issue, question, affair,<br />

business, subject, topic, condition, thing, fact, concern;<br />

occurrence, episode, incident, event, occasion, proceeding: It<br />

was a matter of life and death. His loss of face is not a matter<br />

that need involve you. 3 problem, difficulty, trouble,<br />

complication, worry, upset, dilemma, quandary, enigma, puzzle:<br />

What is the matter? 4 content, essentials, pith, context,<br />

theme, argument, purport, implication; signification, meaning,<br />

meaningfulness, import, importance, significance, moment,<br />

weight, consequence: Pay attention to the matter in his speech,<br />

not his manner. It is of little matter to me whether you go or<br />

not. 5 amount, sum, quantity, question: It was only a matter of<br />

a few pennies' difference.<br />

--v. 6 be important or of importance, count, be of consequence,<br />

make a difference, mean something: What you think matters a<br />

great deal.<br />

matter-of-fact<br />

adj. straightforward, direct, forthright, sober, factual,<br />

unimaginative, unartistic, prosaic, unpoetic, dry, dry-as-dust,<br />

dull, boring, tiresome, flat, mundane, lifeless, featureless,<br />

unvarnished, colourless, unembellished, unadorned: The report<br />

contained a matter-of-fact description of the events.<br />

mature adj. 1 adult, grown (up), full-grown, fully grown, of age,<br />

fully fledged, full-fledged, fully developed, matured,<br />

experienced, knowledgeable, sophisticated: At twenty-two, she<br />

is mature enough to be on her own. 2 ripe, ready, ripened,<br />

mellow, aged,' seasoned: A good wine, like fruit, should not be<br />

consumed till it is mature. 3 complete, matured, perfect,<br />

perfected, polished, refined, ready, fully developed,<br />

consummated: Our plans are not yet mature.<br />

--v. 4 grow up, age, develop, come of age; Brit be one's age,<br />

US act one's age: Has he matured sufficiently to be trusted<br />

alone in the house for the weekend? I wish he'd mature a bit

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