matter in English: To be important, or to make a difference to someone. (verb)

Translation

To be important, or to make a difference to someone.

Word origin

From Latin materia, meaning stuff or substance, later a thing of importance.

Origin: Latin
Root: materia

Grammar

Verb typeregular (matter, matters, mattered)

Examples

most.

Here "matters" means it is important.

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"Matter" here means to make a difference.

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"Mattered" is the past form of "matter".

Related words

important

Having a big effect, or mattering a lot to people.

care

To feel that someone or something is important to you.

feel

To have an emotion or a sense in your body, or to touch something to learn about it.

need

To have to have something because it is important or necessary.

thing

An object that you can see, hold, or talk about but may not name.

affair

An event or situation, especially an important one that people talk about.

concern

A worried feeling about something, or a thing that matters to you.

issue

A problem or a subject that people talk about and need to sort out.

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