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To Matter

  1. (intransitive) To be important. [from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]
  3. (intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
Derived terms

it doesn't matter

no matter (“in spite of”)

Synonyms

(be important): signify