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| NOUN: | 1. That from which things are or can be made: material, stuff, substance. Idioms: grist for one's mill. See MATTER. 2. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with: affair, business, thing. See THING. 3. That which occupies space and can be perceived by the senses: materiality, substance. See BODY. 4. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about: argument, point, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic. See MEANING. | | VERB: | To be of significance or importance: count, import, signify, weigh. See IMPORTANT.
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