"what is the matter" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what is the matter?}} what is the matter?
  1. Alternative form of what's the matter Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: what's the matter
    Sense id: en-what_is_the_matter-en-phrase-l9P1ojB8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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