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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•te•ri•al•ize /məˈtɪriəˌlaɪz/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -ized, -iz•ing. - to become real:Our ideas never materialized.
- to assume material form:materialized suddenly out of thin air.
ma•te•ri•al•i•za•tion /məˌtɪriəlɪˈzeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•te•ri•al•ize (mə tēr′ē ə līz′),USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing. v.i. - to come into perceptible existence;
appear;
become actual or real;
be realized or carried out:Our plans never materialized. - to assume material or bodily form;
become corporeal:The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
v.t. - to give material form to;
realize:to materialize an ambition. - to invest with material attributes:to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
- to make physically perceptible;
cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form. - to render materialistic.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] ma•te′ri•al•ise′. ma•te′ri•al•i•za′tion, n. ma•te′ri•al•iz′er, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . emerge, show, rise, issue.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: materialize, materialise /məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz/ vb - (intransitive) to become fact; actually happen
- to invest or become invested with a physical shape or form
- to cause (a spirit, as of a dead person) to appear in material form or (of a spirit) to appear in such form
- (intransitive) to take shape; become tangible
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