no matter

English

Adverb

no matter

1. irrespective of, regardless of, in spite of

   She'll never catch up with them, no matter how hard she works.

   • 2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham”, 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.

2. it doesn't matter, it's unimportant, it doesn't make any difference

   It seems that Dough'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 (cmn), 无论 (cmn) (wúlùn), 不管 (cmn) (bùguǎn), 不論 (cmn), 不论 (cmn) (búlùn), 不论 (cmn) (búlùn)

• French: peu importe (fr), n'importe (fr)
• German: egal (de)

• Icelandic: sama hve
• Japanese: ……とも (ja) (tomo)
• Russian: независимо от того (ru) (nezavísimo ot tovó), неважно (ru) (nevážno)
• Swedish: oavsett (sv), än (sv)

it's unimportant

• Icelandic: skiptir ekki máli

See also

• no matter what