mattering
present participle ofmatter
matter
verb[I]
uk/ˈmæt.ər/us/ˈmæt̬.ɚ/B2
to beimportant, or toaffectwhathappens:
We were late but it didn'tseemto matter.
"What did you say?" "Oh,it doesn'tmatter."
[+ question word]Itdoesn't matterwhat youwear- just aslongas you come.
[+ that]Itdidn't matterthatourbestplayerwasinjuredafter tenminutes- we stillwon.
IknowCharles doesn'tthinkthisprojectisimportant, but it matterstome.
Compare
countverb
- Oh just put itanywhere- it doesn't matter where.
- Herhealthis what matters - thecostof thetreatmentis ofsecondaryimportance.
- It's thesumtotalof what youeatover alongperiodthat matters and not what youconsumein aday.
- The only thing that matters is that thebabyishealthy.
- It doesn't matter if youfail, just doyourbest.
Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk largeidiom
- centrality
- come
- come beforesomething/someone
- cut
- cut to the chaseidiom
- essence
- have/take pride of placeidiom
- high-stakes
- loom
- loom largeidiom
- matter
- mean the world tosomeoneidiom
- outweigh
- override
- play
- signify
- weigh
- world
Grammar
Matter
We can use matter as a verb or a noun. It is a very common word with a number of different uses and grammatical patterns.…Matteras a verb
The most common use of the verb matter is in the expression it doesn’t matter (and the less common forms it didn’t matter, it wouldn’t matter and it won’t matter). It doesn’t matter means ‘it is not important’, ‘I don’t mind’ or ‘it is not a problem’:…Matteras a noun
We can use what’s the matter (with …)? to ask someone about a problem or to ask for an explanation of a situation that looks problematic:…No matter
We can use no matter to link two clauses as a conjunction. It is a short form of it does not matter. We can use no matter with what, when, where, which, who and how to refer to a situation that cannot be changed, even though we try:…Matter: typical errors
The noun matter, meaning ‘question, problem or issue’, is countable:…Examplesofmattering
mattering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I discuss different types of inflationmatteringto different investors below.
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Mattering: inferred significance and mental health among adolescents.
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Rather, it is an expression of a desperation in the face of nothing'smattering: we are here dealing with a spiritual disintegration or scatter.
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Cutting off access to hired labor directly by not allowing hiring or indirectly by dramatically increasing the wage affects deforestation, with methodmatteringfor incomes.
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Perhaps later he could explain to me what he said in relation to it notmattering.
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Their earnings are not second incomes in the sense of notmatteringto the family.
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It does depend on there being in every person's life an element of personal challenge, a sense ofmatteringand a sense of caring.
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It is really a case of peoplemattering.
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Does he want to join it, actively seeking to do so and creating the conditions for it, or is it simply a spectator sport, notmatteringeither way?
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Again, this is not a large sum, but it is just this cheeseparing of small sums which might very well be left out of account withoutmatteringmuch to anybody.
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The alumni have the necessary professional and generic competences for their development in the laboral field, notmatteringif is local, regional or national.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The brothers bicker half-heartedly, their differences no longermatteringenough to keep them apart.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But he's well on his way to notmattering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Positive self-esteem has been linked to factors such as psychological health,matteringto others, and both body image and physical health.
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- you-must-be-joking
- you name it
- you-name-it
- you never can tell
- you-never-can-tell
- you never know
- you-never-know
- young
- young actor
- young adult
- young-adult
- young-adult fiction
- young adulthood
- young artist
- Young Aspiring Professional
- young-aspiring-professional
- young at heart
- young-at-heart
- young athlete
- young blood
- young-blood
- young boy
- young bull
- young composer
- young daughter