matter
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈmætə(r)/US /ˈmætər/
Meaning
noun
used (to ask) if somebody is upset, unhappy, etc. or if there is a problem
“What's the matter? Is there something wrong?”
verb
to be important or have an important effect on somebody/something
“‘I'm afraid I forgot that book again.’ ‘It doesn't matter (= it is not important enough to worry about).’”
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“because it's going to matter to you,”
📺 Jensen Huang's Speech at CaltechLearn this word in the video →
“product matters incredibly because if”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.”
📺 J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement SpeechLearn this word in the video →
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