"no matter what" meaning in English

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  1. (followed by a phrase) Regardless of, in spite of, whatever. Related terms: no matter, no matter that Translations (whatever): مَهْمَا (mahmā) (Arabic), 無論如何 /无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé) (Chinese Mandarin), uanset hvad (Danish), om het even wat (Dutch), wat ook (Dutch), wat dan ook (Dutch), onverschillig wat (Dutch), mitä tahansa (Finnish), ihan sama mitä (Finnish), peu importe (French), quel que soit (French), was auch immer (German), egal was (German), πάση θυσία (pási thysía) (Greek), לֹא מְשַׁנֶּה מַה (lo m'shané má) (Hebrew), יִהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה (yihyé 'ashér yihyé) (Hebrew), מַה שֶּׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה (ma sheló yih'yé) (Hebrew), bármi (Hungarian), akármi (Hungarian), non importa (Italian), 何が何でも (nani ga nan demo) (alt: なにがなんでも) (Japanese), とにかく (tonikaku) (Japanese), 무엇이든지 (mueosideunji) (Korean), uansett (Norwegian), co by nie (Polish), não importa o que (Portuguese), orice (Romanian), всё равно́ (vsjo ravnó) (Russian), no importa qué (Spanish), vare sig (Swedish), oavsett (Swedish), dù thế nào đi chăng nữa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-no_matter_what-en-phrase-dP~mu50O Disambiguation of 'whatever': 91 9
  2. (not followed by a phrase) Regardless; in any case; even in adverse circumstances.
    Sense id: en-no_matter_what-en-phrase-LU2l10rN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (under any circumstances, whatever happens): nə olursa olsun (Azerbaijani), 無論如何 /无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé) (Chinese Mandarin), kaikesta huolimatta (Finnish), mikä ikinä tapahtuukaan (Finnish), mikä tahansa tapahtuukaan (Finnish), quoi qu’il arrive (French), egal was passiert (German), komme, was wolle (German), lesz, ami lesz (Hungarian), akármi/bármi/akárhogy/bárhogy/akárhogyan/bárhogyan is lesz (Hungarian), mindenképpen (Hungarian), mindenféleképpen (Hungarian), bármi történjék is (Hungarian), succeda quel che succeda (Italian), caschi il mondo (Italian), sempre e comunque (Italian), jak by nie było (Polish), jak by nie patrzeć (Polish), aconteça o que acontecer (Portuguese), não importa o que aconteça (Portuguese), несмотря́ ни на что́ (nesmotrjá ni na štó) (Russian), во что́ бы то ни ста́ло (vo štó by to ni stálo) (Russian), sí o sí (Spanish), ไม่ว่าอย่างไรก็ตาม (Thai), ne olursa olsun (Turkish), незважа́ючи ні на що (nezvažájučy ni na ščo) (Ukrainian), אָווע־טאָווע (ove-tove) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'under any circumstances, whatever happens': 46 54
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          "roman": "ma sheló yih'yé",
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          "sense": "whatever",
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          "roman": "vsjo ravnó",
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          "word": "всё равно́"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "nə olursa olsun"
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      "roman": "wúlùnrúhé",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "無論如何 /无论如何"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "kaikesta huolimatta"
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      "word": "mikä ikinä tapahtuukaan"
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      "word": "quoi qu’il arrive"
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      "word": "succeda quel che succeda"
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      "word": "aconteça o que acontecer"
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      "roman": "nesmotrjá ni na štó",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
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      "roman": "vo štó by to ni stálo",
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      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
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      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
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      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "ne olursa olsun"
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      "roman": "nezvažájučy ni na ščo",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "незважа́ючи ні на що"
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      "roman": "mahmā",
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      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "onverschillig wat"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "mitä tahansa"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "ihan sama mitä"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "peu importe"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "quel que soit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "was auch immer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "egal was"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pási thysía",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "πάση θυσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lo m'shané má",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "לֹא מְשַׁנֶּה מַה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yihyé 'ashér yihyé",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "יִהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "ma sheló yih'yé",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "מַה שֶּׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "bármi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "akármi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "non importa"
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    {
      "alt": "なにがなんでも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nani ga nan demo",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "何が何でも"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tonikaku",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "とにかく"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mueosideunji",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "무엇이든지"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "uansett"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "co by nie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "não importa o que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "orice"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjo ravnó",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "всё равно́"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "no importa qué"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "vare sig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "oavsett"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "whatever",
      "word": "dù thế nào đi chăng nữa"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "nə olursa olsun"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúlùnrúhé",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "無論如何 /无论如何"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "kaikesta huolimatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "mikä ikinä tapahtuukaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "mikä tahansa tapahtuukaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "quoi qu’il arrive"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "egal was passiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "komme, was wolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "lesz, ami lesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "akármi/bármi/akárhogy/bárhogy/akárhogyan/bárhogyan is lesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "mindenképpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "mindenféleképpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "bármi történjék is"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "succeda quel che succeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "caschi il mondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "sempre e comunque"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "jak by nie było"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "jak by nie patrzeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "aconteça o que acontecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "não importa o que aconteça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesmotrjá ni na štó",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "несмотря́ ни на что́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vo štó by to ni stálo",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "во что́ бы то ни ста́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "sí o sí"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "ไม่ว่าอย่างไรก็ตาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "ne olursa olsun"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezvažájučy ni na ščo",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "незважа́ючи ні на що"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ove-tove",
      "sense": "under any circumstances, whatever happens",
      "word": "אָווע־טאָווע"
    }
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  "word": "no matter what"
}

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