# mattered

Pronunciation: US say "MAT-urd" /ˈmæt.ɚd/; UK say "MAT-uhd" /ˈmæt.əd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of matter. — simple past and past participle of matter
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of matter. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
   - _Her opinion mattered more than anyone else's in the room._
   - _By the end, it hardly mattered whether they arrived on time._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mattered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).