# no matter

idiom · CEFR B2

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/no-matter
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

you use this to say that something is true or will happen regardless of the situation or person involved.

## Examples

- No matter what happens, I will be there.
- No matter how hard I try to explain the rules, he still refuses to listen to my advice.
- No matter the obstacles we encounter along the way, we must remain focused on our ultimate objective to ensure the project succeeds.

## Origin

A contraction of the earlier English phrases it makes no matter and it is no matter, which functioned as complete clauses before the ellipsis of the subject and verb became standard.

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