WordNet
v. be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!" [syn: interest]
Usage examples of "matter to".
Neither have I any copy left: however, I have sent you some corrections, which you may insert, if ever there should be a second edition: and yet I cannot stand to them, but shall leave that matter to my judicious and candid readers, to adjust it as they please.
All that should matter to you is that he was immune to this particular kind of murder.
Why should their fate matter to a civilized man whose entire objective was to get off their planet in the first place?
And didn't bother to tell him that it didn't matter to her if he was gay or straight.
The average daily balance doesn't matter to business accounts because there isn't any interest.
It was an easy matter to leave the house in which they had been domiciled, when the rumbling snores of their hosts were ascending to the great ring of Cykranoshian moons, and to follow the highway that led from Vhlorrh toward the country of Ydheems.
She was too hot or blown about, there would be too many flies or the wrong sort of people, she was restless or bored or all those things, but they did not care which, it did not matter to them.
That does not appear to matter to Vittori Santorini, who apparently has no intention of discovering who was ultimately responsible for today's blast.
Treasurer, that we awaken the full membership and put the matter to a vote.
His son Tucker was in college, so it wouldn't much matter to him where they lived, but the move might be disruptive for Corinne and Ben.