matter 2, verb (oh) and respirable (medicine)

matter 2, verb (oh)

2 W3S1 v
[I not in progressive] to be important, especially to be important to you, or to have an effect on what happens
it doesn't etc matter if
::Will it matter if I'm a little late?
::If I have to stay late at work tonight, it won't matter because we can go out another night.
it doesn't etc matter who/why/what etc
::It doesn't matter what you wear, as long as you look neat and tidy.
::Does it matter what I think?
it doesn't etc matter that
::It does not matter that the gun was in fact unloaded.
::Do you think it matters that the cups and saucers don't match?
it doesn't matter about sth
::Just give me $5 - it doesn't matter about the rest.
matter to
::He had lost many of the people who mattered to him.
matter a lot/a great deal
::It mattered a great deal to her what Other people thought of her.
not matter much/matter little
::I don't think it matters much what you study.
::campaigning on issues that really matter
all that matters/the only thing that matters
::All that matters is that you're safe.
::Money was the only thing that mattered to him.
::I don't care what it looks like - what matters is that it works.
::At last she was with the man she loved and nothing else mattered .
::She said very little during the meal. Not that it mattered (=it was not important) .
it doesn't matter
spoken a) used to tell someone that you are not angry or upset about something, especially something that they have done
::'I've spilled some coffee on the carpet.' 'It doesn't matter.'
b) used to say that you do not mind which one of two things you have
::'Red or white Wine?' 'Oh, either. It doesn't matter.'
what does it matter?
spoken used to say that something is not important
::It all happened so long ago now, what does it matter?
::What does it matter how old I am?

respirable (medicine)

respirable

Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.

Origin: Cf. F. Respirable.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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