NO MATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does no matter mean? 

• NO MATTER (adverb)
  The adverb NO MATTER has 1 sense:

1. in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

  Familiarity information: NO MATTER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NO MATTER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

Synonyms:

disregarding; disregardless; irrespective; no matter; regardless

Context example:

he carried on regardless of the difficulties

 Context examples 

As never before, he felt his dependence on the love-master, close at whose heels he followed, no matter what happened never losing sight of him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But no matter, no matter! he said cheerfully, and rousing himself, there's time enough!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

No matter when your birthday happens to fall, the actions you are taking now to stabilize your future will form the pillars of your life.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I have learned not to think little of any one's belief, no matter how strange it be.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

All his days, no matter what the odds, he had never run from a fight.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It is the smoking itself that is not nice, no matter what the brand may be.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You always make yourself nice for table, no matter how tired you are, so why shouldn't I when I have the time?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

No matter which has it, so that there is enough.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

No matter what the job is, the goal is to make sure that you are safe, comfortable, and less prone to work-related injuries.

(Ergonomics, NIH)

But, no matter how hard we try to stifle a yawn, it might change how we yawn but it won't alter our propensity to yawn.

(Why Is Yawning so Contagious?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)