Some young female seems to have carried matters so far, that she is ripe for asking advice.- Spectator. 5.Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; - chiefly in the phrases what matter? no matter, and the like.A prophet some, and some a poet, cry;No matter which, so neither of them lie.- Dryden. 6.Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeab