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mater Definition

ma·ter (mātər, mät-)

noun

Chiefly Brit., Informal mother: often preceded by the

Etymology: L, mother

mater Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • urgency: I need you to sign the attached consent slip as a mater of urgency before Thursday.

Converse of object

  • do: The sea was still rough, but it didn't mater.
  • call: Go into a pub or shop to call a mater to meet you Have your house keys ready before you reach the door.

Adjective modifier

  • subject: His judgements are immune from logical criticism because his subject mater includes the non-logical ground of logic itself.
  • old: I think he had not realized his proximity to his old alma mater.
  • own: Take the simple expression much heard in the playground of my own alma mater: " punch his pus " .
  • organic: Dig a large hole and fork the base incorporating large amounts of organic mater such as garden compost, farmyard or stable manure.
  • other: Steve Lowe's piece this week, about homework and other maters, may strike a chord!

Modifies a noun

  • hwn: Yr ydym wedi bod yn gyson ar y mater hwn.
  • graft: Dura mater grafts have largely been replaced by synthetic materials or by grafts of fibrous tissue derived from the individual undergoing the graft.
  • yn: Mae'r mater hwn yn peri pryder i gymunedau cefn gwlad yn y canolbarth ac yng ngorllewin Cymru.
  • o: Mae'n drueni mawr bod y Prif Weinidog wedi gwrthod ystyried y mater hwn o ddifrif.
  • Yr: Nid hwnnw yw'r mater yr ydym yn ei godi yn y ddadl heddiw.
  • allweddol: Trof at y Gymraeg, sef y mater allweddol arall.

Noun used with modifier

  • alma: His very words: " Alma mater, si?
  • dura: In the image below, the dark ruler is showing the dura mater still adhering to the inside of the cranial cavity.
  • pia: I will buy nine sparrows for a penny, and his pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a sparrow.
  • redemptoris: Alma redemptoris mater is an anonymous setting by an unknown composer, here transcribed and transposed for soprano, alto and tenor solo voices.
  • ar: Yr ydym wedi bod yn gyson ar y mater hwn.
  • i'r: Fodd bynnag, nid yw hynny'n golygu i'r mater allweddol hwn gael ei drin yn synhwyrol mewn unrhyw ffordd.