matter
/ˈmætɚ/ verb A2- 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.
- To care about, to mind; to find important.
He/she/it matters · Past mattered · Past participle mattered · -ing form mattering
Verb forms
- Base form
- matter
- He/she/it
- matters
- Past
- mattered
- Past participle
- mattered
- -ing form
- mattering
From the library
“Why, yes, he is actually insolent over the matter—has already offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage, and proffered me a loan of money, as though he were a banker.”
“What’s the matter now?” demanded Marilla.
“For a very serious matter, which bids fair to make work for the executioner.”
If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn’t matter, for I can’t feel it.
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