Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive, stative)To be important.

    The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.

    Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter.

    wichtig sein, etwas ausmachen, zählen

    име́ть значе́ниеimétʹ značénije, быть ва́жнымbytʹ vážnym

    ма́ти зна́ченняmáty znáčennja

  2. (Caribbean, England, regional, transitive)To care about, to mind; to find important.

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

More definitions
  • have weight; have import, carry weight

Examples

3906 sentences

  1. What is the matter with you?

    Що з Вами? — triantafillou

    ruДа что с тобой такое? — Lathean

    deWas ist los mit dir? — Esperantostern

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  2. Getting married is a serious matter.

    Одруження - серйозне питання. — deniko

    ruЖенитьба - дело серьёзное. — marafon

    deSich zu verheiraten, ist eine ernsthafte Sache. — Hans_Adler

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  3. I discussed the matter with him.

    Я обговорив з ним це питання. — deniko

    deIch habe die Angelegenheit mit ihm besprochen. — wolfgangth

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  4. I didn't think it would matter.

    Я не думав, що це матиме значення. — Halyna

    ruЯ не думал, что это будет иметь значение. — marafon

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  5. It's not a matter of price.

    Справа не в ціні. — older

    ruДело не в цене. — soweli_Elepanto

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
to be important:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be important:

Origin

From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French mate

From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother.

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Forms

matters, mattering, mattered, mattered
Base formmatter · to matter
3rd person singularmatters
Present participlemattering
Past simplemattered
Past participlemattered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymatter
he, she, itmatters

Past simpleLesson

all personsmattered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mattered
he, she, ithas mattered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill matter

Synonyms

3 synonyms
be important:signifyB2
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • no matter what
  • no matter
  • no matter how
  • a matter of
  • matter what happens
  • matter of fact
  • the matter with
  • discuss the matter
  • matter how much
  • really matter
  • matter how hard
  • as a matter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
matrixmatronmatryoshkamatsutakemattressmatureB2

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