matter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of matter

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to matter
Participle: mattered
Gerund: mattering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Imatter
youmatter
he;she;itmatters
wematter
youmatter
theymatter

Perfect

Ihave mattered
youhave mattered
he;she;ithas mattered
wehave mattered
youhave mattered
theyhave mattered

Past

Imattered
youmattered
he;she;itmattered
wemattered
youmattered
theymattered

Pluperfect

Ihad mattered
youhad mattered
he;she;ithad mattered
wehad mattered
youhad mattered
theyhad mattered

Future

Iwill matter
youwill matter
he;she;itwill matter
wewill matter
youwill matter
theywill matter

Future Perfect

Iwill have mattered
youwill have mattered
he;she;itwill have mattered
wewill have mattered
youwill have mattered
theywill have mattered

Subjunctive

Present

Imatter
youmatter
he;she;itmatter
wematter
youmatter
theymatter

Perfect

Ihave mattered
youhave mattered
he;she;ithave mattered
wehave mattered
youhave mattered
theyhave mattered

Imperfect

Imattered
youmattered
he;she;itmattered
wemattered
youmattered
theymattered

Pluperfect

Ihad mattered
youhad mattered
he;she;ithad mattered
wehad mattered
youhad mattered
theyhad mattered

Conditional

Present

Iwould matter
youwould matter
he;she;itwould matter
wewould matter
youwould matter
theywould matter

Perfect

Iwould have mattered
youwould have mattered
he;she;itwould have mattered
wewould have mattered
youwould have mattered
theywould have mattered

Imperative

youmatter
weLet's matter
youmatter

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam mattering
youare mattering
he;she;itis mattering
weare mattering
youare mattering
theyare mattering

Perfect

Ihave been mattering
youhave been mattering
he;she;ithas been mattering
wehave been mattering
youhave been mattering
theyhave been mattering

Past

Iwas mattering
youwere mattering
he;she;itwas mattering
wewere mattering
youwere mattering
theywere mattering

Pluperfect

Ihad been mattering
youhad been mattering
he;she;ithad been mattering
wehad been mattering
youhad been mattering
theyhad been mattering

Future

Iwill be mattering
youwill be mattering
he;she;itwill be mattering
wewill be mattering
youwill be mattering
theywill be mattering

Future Perfect

Iwill have been mattering
youwill have been mattering
he;she;itwill have been mattering
wewill have been mattering
youwill have been mattering
theywill have been mattering

Conditional

Present

Iwould be mattering
youwould be mattering
he;she;itwould be mattering
wewould be mattering
youwould be mattering
theywould be mattering

Perfect

Iwould have been mattering
youwould have been mattering
he;she;itwould have been mattering
wewould have been mattering
youwould have been mattering
theywould have been mattering

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'matter'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'matter'

atter, batter, hatter, master, mutter, natter, patter, smatter, tatter, yatter,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

count
value, mean, signify, weigh, import, imply

Antonyms

count
estimate, guess, hazard, conjecture

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
3. Proto-Italic *mātēr
4. Latin māter
5. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
6. Proto-Italic *-ijos
7. Proto-Italic *-ios
8. Old Latin -ios
9. Latin -ius
10. Latin -ia
11. ▲
12. Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē)sl.
13. Latin māteriader.
14. Anglo-Norman materebor.
15. Middle English matere
16. English matter
17. From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother.
18. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).

Sample Sentences

  • It's the only thing that mattered to me. And now I 'm here at the end and... (Locked)
  • I can have a big impact. That's what really matters. I know, but it's your dream. (Home Turf)