MATTER TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does matter to mean? 

• MATTER TO (verb)
  The verb MATTER TO has 1 sense:

1. be of importance or consequence

  Familiarity information: MATTER TO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATTER TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be of importance or consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

interest; matter to

Context example:

This matters to me!

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 

I scribbled a note to my neighbour, rushed upstairs to explain the matter to my wife, and joined Holmes upon the door-step.

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

This month, the November 12 full moon in Taurus, 20 degrees, will bring a financial matter to a close, and it will be a very positive point of the month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But one must not expect every thing; though I suppose it would be no difficult matter to widen them.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

We will go straight to Whitehall Terrace and bring the matter to a head.

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

“I have been cloister-bred, and it was no very great matter to handle the brush better than my brother novices.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For a moment the expression upon my uncle’s face made me realize that this match was really a serious matter to him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What can it matter to him that his landlady should have a word of his writing?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While larger galaxies have more matter to begin with, they're also harder to escape for travelling atoms, which is why the flow usually goes towards the bigger galaxies.

(Half Our Body's Atoms Could Have Come from Outside The Galaxy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“Well,” thought the young man, “it is no hard matter to keep that advice.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Well! so it cannot matter to us.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)