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MATTER TO
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be of importance or consequence
Example:
This matters to me!
Synonyms:
interest; matter to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "matter to" is one way to...):
bear on; come to; concern; have to do with; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on (be relevant to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "matter to"):
fascinate; intrigue (cause to be interested or curious)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Lady Bertram soon brought the matter to a certainty by carelessly observing to Mrs. Norris—I think, sister, we need not keep Miss Lee any longer, when Fanny goes to live with you.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It is a simple matter to see the obvious, to do the expected.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I shall sift the matter to the bottom, and put a stop to such pranks at once.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Having once made up my mind, you know the steps which I took in order to put the matter to the proof.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I leave the matter to your discretion.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Apparently it took billions of years longer for dark matter to condense as well, so its dominating effect is only seen on the rotation velocities of galaxy discs today.
(Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe, ESO)
Why, the Ecclesiastical Delegates were the advocates without any business, who had looked on at the round game when it was playing in both courts, and had seen the cards shuffled, and cut, and played, and had talked to all the players about it, and now came fresh, as judges, to settle the matter to the satisfaction of everybody!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Lady Russell said not another word, willing to leave the matter to its own operation; and believing that, could Mr Elliot at that moment with propriety have spoken for himself!—she believed, in short, what Anne did not believe.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
It was a simple matter to give the dogs less food; but it was impossible to make the dogs travel faster, while their own inability to get under way earlier in the morning prevented them from travelling longer hours.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I had an instinct for proportion myself, and I collapsed forthwith, descending from the dominant pose of a master of matter to a state of humble confusion which was, to say the least, very miserable.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
