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no_matter

no matter

English

Adverb

no matter ‎(not comparable)

Irrespective of, regardless of, in spite of.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
  No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- 2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
  The result in Greece meant Tottenham could not progress, no matter how many goals they scored against Rovers but, after making nine changes to his starting line-up, Harry Redknapp will be pleased with the performance of his fringe players.
She'll never catch up with them, no matter how hard she works.‎
It doesn't matter, it's unimportant, it doesn't make any difference.

It seems that Doug's coat has gone missing. Oh well no matter, we can always buy a new one, now can't we?‎

"Did you fail your exam?" "Yes, but no matter. I'll just study harder next time."‎

Synonyms

(irrespective of, in spite of): regardless

Translations

regardless of

Chinese:
Mandarin: 無論 (zh), 无论 (zh) ‎(wúlùn), 不管 (zh) ‎(bùguǎn), 不論 (zh), 不论 (zh) ‎(búlùn), 不论 (zh) ‎(búlùn)
French: peu importe (fr), n'importe (fr), qu'importe
German: egal (de)

Greek: δεν πειράζει ‎(den peirázei)
Icelandic: sama hve
Japanese: ……とも (ja) ‎(tomo)
Russian: незави́симо от того́ ‎(nezavísimo ot tovó), нева́жно (ru) ‎(nevážno)
Swedish: oavsett (sv), än (sv)
Telugu: పరవాలేదు ‎(paravālēdu)

it's unimportant

French: peu importe (fr), ça ne fait rien (fr)
Greek: δεω πειράζει ‎(deo peirázei)
Icelandic: skiptir ekki máli
Lithuanian: nieko tokio

Ngazidja Comorian: kaidhuru
Swedish: spelar ingen roll

See also

no matter what