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While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them.
Paul Bremer

Meaning of "the matter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE MATTER

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WHAT DOES THE MATTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of the matter in the English dictionary

The definition of the matter in the dictionary is wrong; the trouble.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE MATTER

the madam
the Mafia
the main chance
the mainland
the majors
the mallee
the Man
the Mansion House
the many
the Maple Leaf
the Marches
the Maritime Provinces
the mark
the market
the Marseillaise
the masses
the master
the Mayflower
the Mearns
the Med

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE MATTER

batter
better
blatter
chatter
condensed matter
dark matter
fatter
flatter
for that matter
hatter
latter
matter
no laughing matter
no matter
organic matter
platter
scatter
shatter
splatter
subject matter
the fact of the matter

Synonyms and antonyms of the matter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the matter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE MATTER

Find out the translation of the matter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the matter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the matter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

此事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la materia
570 millions of speakers

English

the matter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मामला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموضوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дело
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a matéria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাপার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la matière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

perkara itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Angelegenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

問題
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prakara kasebut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vấn đề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விஷயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

madde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la materia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

względu na to,
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

справу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

problema
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το θέμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die saak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ärendet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the matter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MATTER»

The term «the matter» is very widely used and occupies the 10.799 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the matter
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MATTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the matter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the matter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the matter

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE MATTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the matter.
1
John Abizaid
But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country.
2
Steve Allen
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.
3
William Ames
Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.
4
Kate Beckinsale
I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my friends going, 'What's the matter with you?' But I haven't ever made a big attempt to have any particular image. And I don't really worry about it. If it's funny, I don't care.
5
Roberto Benigni
I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the same if you reach the beauty.
6
E. F. Benson
Young gentlemen with literary aspirations usually start a new university magazine, which for wit and pungency is designed to eclipse all such previous efforts, and I was no exception in the matter of this popular gambit.
7
Kenneth Blackwell
The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.
8
Paul Bremer
While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them.
9
Jim Cantalupo
The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself.
10
Ray Charles
The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE MATTER»

Discover the use of the matter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the matter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the ...
One of “our most insightful social observers”* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, ...
Thomas Frank, 2007
2
What's the Matter with White People: Why We Long for a ...
" "In this wonderfully insightful book, Joan Walsh shows how America built a large and vibrant (although mostly white) middle class that fueled the greatest economic boom in history and made a reality of the American dream.
Joan Walsh, 2012
3
In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. ...
Focusing on the actions and attitudes of the courts, legislatures, and public servants in six colonies, Judge Higginbotham shows ways in which the law has contributed to injustices suffered by Black Americans Judge Higginbotham chronicles ...
A. Leon Higginbotham, 1980
4
The Heart Of The Matter
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery.
Graham Greene, 2010
5
What's the Matter with the Internet?
Avoiding the mindless hype and meaningless jargon that has characterized much of the debate about the future of the Web, he details what truly distinguishes the Internet from other media and the implications these novel properties have for ...
Mark Poster, 2001
6
What's the Matter, Habibi?
One day, instead of following Ahmed around in a circle giving children rides, Habibi the camel runs through the bazaar with Ahmed following him and trying to figure out what is wrong.
‎2004
7
The Matter of Capital: Poetry and Crisis in the American Century
Christopher Nealon’s reexamination of North America’s poetry in English, from Ezra Pound and W. H. Auden to younger poets of the present day, argues persuasively that the central literary project of the past century was to explore the ...
Christopher S. Nealon, 2011
8
The Matter of Revolution: Science, Poetry, and Politics in ...
John Rogers here addresses the literary and ideological consequences of the remarkable, if improbable, alliance between science and politics in seventeenth-century England.
John Rogers, 1998
9
Give and Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid?
Give and Take grasps these questions.Foreign aid is an issue that concerns us all, financially and morally. This thoughtful book argues that aid must be made less of a problem, more of a solution.
David Sogge, 2002
10
Heart of the Matter
Tessa Russo is the mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon.
Emily Giffin, 2010

REFERENCE
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