English Dictionary

FOR THAT MATTER

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does for that matter mean? 

FOR THAT MATTER (adverb)
  The adverb FOR THAT MATTER has 1 sense:

1. as far as that is concernedplay

  Familiarity information: FOR THAT MATTER used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOR THAT MATTER (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

As far as that is concerned

Context example:

for that matter I don't care either


 Context examples 


"And for that matter, I don't see just what you mean."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

For that matter, it was her presence which enabled Smoke to act as he did.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

For that matter, Reading, and possibly other large towns, were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, after all.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For that matter, life and footing were synonymous in this unending warfare with the pack, and none knew it better than White Fang.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

What happens when the urgency to contain and stop the impact of COVID-19, or for that matter cholera, polio, measles and Ebola, reaches populations unable to respond?

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

For that matter, anyone who was a comrade of the captain's was enough to frighten them to death.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Still, exercising whenever suits you — whether before or after breakfast, or any other time of the day for that matter — is better than not exercising.

(Exercise before Breakfast Burns More Fat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If you have been awaiting funds that a client owes you (or payment due from anyone else for that matter), it is likely to come through on or within two days of January 10.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For that matter, high-strung and finely sensitive, the ill treatment had flung him into a fever, which was fed by the inflammation of his parched and swollen throat and tongue.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"A man needs a woman like a fish needs a bicycle." (English proverb)

"Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself." (Native American proverb, Hopi)

"Never give advice in a crowd." (Arabic proverb)

"Even fleas want to cough." (Corsican proverb)


ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact