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For That Matter

Definition: For That Matter

For That Matter

Adverb

1. As far as that is concerned; "for that matter I don't care either".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: For That Matter

English words defined with "for that matter": By-law ♦ Chromule, Corpuscular philosophy ♦ entropy ♦ issue ♦ Macerater, mandamus, matter ♦ quantum mechanics ♦ Reglet, rule of evidence ♦ Side-bar rule, solar system, stet, subject, Subject-matter ♦ topic ♦ writ of mandamus. (references)
Specialty definitions using "for that matter": ACID-TANK LINER ♦ Ballistic Separator, BEG, BILLET ASSEMBLER, Biodiesel, biomass energy, BOOKMOBILE DRIVER, bottom feeder, braille coder, braille transcriber, BRAILLE TRANSCRIBER, HAND, BRAILLE TYPIST ♦ closed ecological system, coal smoke, composing-machine operator, CONTINUOUS-CRUSHER OPERATOR, crusher operator, CULLET CRUSHER-AND-WASHER ♦ DISTILLER II, DORR OPERATOR, drum chainer, DRUM CLEANER, DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR II ♦ energy from biomass, Enough, EXTRACTOR OPERATOR ♦ facsimile operator, Female, FILLER SHREDDER, MACHINE, filler sifter, machine ♦ glass crusher, glass pulverizer equipment operator ♦ Harpocrates, HAY SORTER, Heterotrophic Organisms, His, hold harmless clause ♦ IMPALE, INDECISION, INFERIAE, INSPECTOR, PROCESSING, intergrown ♦ Jacobites ♦ kerogen ♦ LINSEED-OIL REFINER, low-temperature incineration method ♦ MAGNETIC-TAPE-COMPOSER OPERATOR, MAT INSPECTOR, mercury recoverer, MERCURY WASHER, Mesons, Mount Pinatubo, multifocal-button assembler, MULTIFOCAL-LENS ASSEMBLER, My Favourite Toy Language ♦ National Appeals Division, NUT GRINDER ♦ One's, Opposition ♦ PHOTORADIO OPERATOR, phototypesetter, PHOTOTYPESETTER OPERATOR, PULVERIZER-MILL OPERATOR ♦ Quark-gluon plasma ♦ radio-photo technician, Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, refinery operator, Romance, ROTOGRAVURE-PRESS OPERATOR, RUBBER-MILL OPERATOR ♦ Salt Lake, scrap cutter, machine, SEAL, security certification, shredded-filler-cutter operator, Sortes Virgilianae, STEAM-PRESS TENDER, STENOTYPE OPERATOR, stenotype-machine operator, steno-typist, Stigmatise, Summary file ♦ telephoto engineer, TOBACCO-CLOTH RECLAIMER ♦ Wall, WING-MAILER-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ zebra rock. (references)

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Modern Usage: For That Matter

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh, you didn't do anything to meor any other girl for that matter. (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

Neither have I, for that matter. (Alien; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett)

Neither do I, for that matter! First the Sally Weaver thing, now this! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

For that matter, in the 45 years before that it's not like I'd been around a lot of women. (Now and Again; writing credit: Michael Angeli)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: For That Matter

SubjectTopicQuote

Political Economy

Denmark

They do not have their own staffs (nor, for that matter, do parliamentary committees), only secretarial assistance. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it. Enough is as good as a feast -- for that matter Enougher's as good as a feast for the platter. Arbely C. Strunk

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: For That Matter

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969When we have differed with the Soviet Union, or other nations, for that matter, I have tried to differ quietly and with courtesy, and without venom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: For That Matter

Language Translations for "for that matter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

mitä siihen asiaan tulee (as for that, as regards that), jotenkin muutoin (in some other way). (various references)

   

German

  

was das anbelangt, eigentlich (actual, actually, anyway, considering, essentially, in actual fact, in reality, intrinsic, literal, original, originally, rather, real, really, technically, true, ultimate, underlying, virtual). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orfay atthay attermay

   

Romanian

  

la drept vorbind (properly speaking, sooth to say), de fapt (actually, as a matter of fact, as it is, in effect, in point of fact, in reality, morally, practically, to all intents and purposes, virtual), dacã e vorba pe-aşa, în ce priveşte aceastã chestiune. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

что касается этого. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u tom slučaju (issue: at issue, matter: for that matter). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: For That Matter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-h-m-o-r-r-t-t-t-t"

-4 letters: aftermath, formatter.

-5 letters: amaretto, atheroma, haftarot, reformat, tartrate, teratoma.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: For That Matter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 6F 72      54 68 61 74      4D 61 74 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#97 &#116 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 006F 0072      0054 0068 0061 0074      004D 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4081842547467862476786867184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction 		5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography 		9. Bibliography


  

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