matter

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmætə/

Verb

intransitive Caribbean England in negative constructions regional transitive archaic

Japanese Meaning

重要である / 気にかける、気にする、心に留める

Every vote will matter in this election.

この選挙では、一票一票が重要になります。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To be important.

The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.

Sense（2）

(transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important.

, Folio Society 1973, p.47:

Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]

Sense（3）

(intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Each slight sore mattereth.

matters

（ present singular third-person ）

mattering

（ participle present ）

mattered

（ participle past ）

mattered

（ past ）