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How to Use "Matter" with Example Sentences
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matter
(n):
a thing; a problem; a situation
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Used with verbs:
"
I want to
take up
this
matter
with him.
"
(take up, resolve, bring up, raise)
"
I tried to
press
the
matter
.
"
(press, examine, simplify, decide)
"
Can you please
address
the
matter
?
"
(address, deal with, look into, consider, drop)
"
We
discussed
the
matter
at length.
"
(discussed, debated, talked about)
"
Don't
confuse
the
matter
.
"
(confuse, complicate, pursue)
"
This
is
not
helping
the
matter
.
"
(be + helping)
"
She
is
just
making
matters
worse.
"
(be + making)
"
How should I
approach
the
matter
?
"
(approach, tackle, handle, settle, treat)
Used with nouns:
"
As a
matter
of
fact
, I have a dog too.
"
(fact)
"
It is only a
matter
of
time
before he figures it out.
"
(time)
Used with adjectives:
"
It is made up of
vegetable
matter
.
"
(vegetable, organic, inorganic, solid, dark)
"
What
subject
matter
are you teaching?
"
(subject)
"
They are debating over a
technical
matter
.
"
(technical, political, economic, religious, different)
"
I helped her with some
legal
matters
.
"
(legal, financial, family, private)
"
I don't think this is a
laughing
matter
.
"
(laughing, routine, pressing, urgent, simple, small)
"
I have some
personal
matters
to discuss.
"
(personal, spiritual, important, practical, serious, complicated, related, sensitive, delicate, complex)
Used with prepositions:
"
The problem is a
matter
of
decency.
"
(of)
"
This is a
matter
for
them to decide.
"
(for)
"
It will be done
in
a
matter
of days.
"
(in)
"
I want your opinion
on
this
matter
.
"
(on)
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matter
(v):
to make a difference; to be important
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Used with verbs:
"
This
does
not
matter
at all.
"
(does)
"
It
seems to
matter
to you.
"
(seems to)
Used with adverbs:
"
It
hardly
matters
what she does anymore.
"
(hardly, scarcely, no longer)
"
The show
really
matters
to a lot of people.
"
(really)
"
This
matters
a lot
to me.
"
(a lot, greatly)
Used with prepositions:
"
It didn't
matter
to
me that he wasn't going to the party.
"
(to)
"
It doesn't
matter
about
who is right or wrong?
"
(about)
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