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matter

 
/ˈmætər/ verb

Definition

A2 to be important: We were late, but it didn’t seem to matter. It doesn’t matter to me whether he comes or not.
(Definition of matter verb from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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