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Plural of matter

regular plural

The plural of matter is matters.

Forms of matter

Singularmatter /ˈmætə/
Pluralmatters /ˈmæt.əz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Matters in a sentence

  • The diplomats met to discuss state matters.
  • Please find attached an invoice for three outstanding matters.
  • They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.From the entry there
  • They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.From the entry wit
  • Do not conflate the officeholder with the office; the distinction sometimes matters.From the entry office

Meaning of matter

  1. noun Anything with mass and volume.
  2. noun Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
  3. noun A kind of substance.

Full definition of matter

Questions about the plural of matter

What is the plural of matter?
The plural of matter is matters.
Is matter countable?
Matter is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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