0 present participle of matter --
1 to be important, or to affect what happens: --
I know Charles doesn't think this project is important, but it matters to me.
[ + that ] It didn't matter that our best player was injured after ten minutes - we still won.
[ + question word ] It doesn't matter what you wear - just as long as you come.
"What did you say?" "Oh, it doesn't matter."
We were late but it didn't seem to matter.
Positive self-esteem has been linked to factors such as psychological health, mattering to others, and both body image and physical health.
But he's well on his way to not mattering.
The brothers bicker half-heartedly, their differences no longer mattering enough to keep them apart.
The alumni have the necessary professional and generic competences for their development in the laboral field, not mattering if is local, regional or national.
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 without mattering much to anybody.
Does he want to join it, actively seeking to do so and creating the conditions for it, or is it simply a spectator sport, not mattering either way?
It is really a case of people mattering.
It does depend on there being in every person's life an element of personal challenge, a sense of mattering and a sense of caring.
