materialize

ma·te·ri·al·ize

 (mə-tîr′ē-ə-līz′)

v. ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing, ma·te·ri·al·iz·es

v.intr.

1. To come into existence; become real: Their support on the eastern flank did not materialize.

2. To appear, especially suddenly: "As they plunged down the highway, hazy purple mountains materialized" (Tom Bissell). See Synonyms at appear.

3. To take physical form or shape. Used especially of a spirit or ghost.

v.tr.

1. To cause to become real or actual: By building the house, we materialized a dream.

2. To cause to become materialistic: "Inequality has the natural and necessary effect ... of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower class" (Matthew Arnold).

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ma·te′ri·al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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materialize

(məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) or

materialise

vb

1. (intr) to become fact; actually happen: our hopes never materialized.

2. to invest or become invested with a physical shape or form

3. to cause (a spirit, as of a dead person) to appear in material form or (of a spirit) to appear in such form

4. (intr) to take shape; become tangible: after hours of discussion, the project finally began to materialize.

5. (General Physics) physics to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production

maˌterialiˈzation, maˌterialiˈsation n

maˈterialˌizer, maˈterialˌiser n

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ma•te•ri•al•ize

(məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz)

v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.i.

1. to become realized: Our plans never materialized.

2. to come into perceptible existence; appear.

3. to assume material form.

v.t.

4. to give material form to; realize.

5. to invest with material attributes.

6. to make physically perceptible.

[1700–10]

ma•te`ri•al•i•za′tion, n.

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materialize

Past participle: materialized
Gerund: materializing

Imperative

materialize

materialize

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

materialize - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" materialise, happen hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" come out, appear - be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" dematerialise, dematerialize - become immaterial; disappear

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materialize

verb

1. occur, happen, take place, turn up, come about, take shape, come into being, come to pass None of the anticipated difficulties materialized.

2. appear, arrive, emerge, surface, turn up, loom, show up (informal), pop up (informal), put in an appearance He materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.

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materialize

verb

1. To make real or actual:

actualize, realize.

Idioms: bring to pass, carry into effect.

2. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:

body forth, embody, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, objectify, personalize, personify, substantiate.

3. To come into view:

appear, emerge, issue, loom, show.

Idioms: make an appearance, meet the eye.

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Translations

uskutečnit sezhmotnit se

blive til nogetmaterialisere sig

materialisieren

corporeizarcorporificarmaterializar

aineellistaaaineellistuamaterialisoidamaterialisoitua

matérialiserparaîtreréalisersurgir

megvalósultestet ölt

líkamnast, holdgastverîa aî veruleika

materializzarerealizzarsi

материализовать

zhmotniť sa

belirmekgerçekleşmekvücut bulmak

materialize

[məˈtɪərɪəlaɪz]

A. VI

1. (= come into being) [idea, hope etc] → realizarse

2. (= appear) → aparecer
the funds haven't materialized so far → hasta ahora no han aparecido los fondos

3. [spirit] → materializarse

B. VT → materializar

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materialize

[məˈtɪəriəlaɪz] materialise (British) vi

(= happen) [event] → se concrétiser
to fail to materialize → ne pas se concrétiser

(= appear) [person, thing] → se matérialiser

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materialize

vi

(idea, plan) → sich verwirklichen; (promises, hopes etc) → wahr werden; this idea will never materialize → aus dieser Idee wird nie etwas; the meeting never materialized → das Treffen kam nie zustande or zu Stande; if this deal ever materializes → wenn aus diesem Geschäft je etwas wird, wenn dieses Geschäft je zustande or zu Stande kommt; the money he’d promised me never materialized → von dem Geld, das er mir versprochen hatte, habe ich nie etwas gesehen

(ghost) → erscheinen; (indistinct object) → auftauchen

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materialize

[məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz] vi → materializzarsi; (idea, hope) → avverarsi, realizzarsi
so far he hasn't materialized (fam) → per ora non si è visto

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material

(məˈtiəriəl) noun

1. anything out of which something is, or may be, made. Tables are usually made from solid material such as wood. materiaal مادَّه суровина material materiál das Material materiale υλικόmaterial materjal ماده materiaali matériauחומר द्रव्यात्मक materijal anyag bahan efni materiale 材料 구성 요소 medžiaga materiāls bahan materiaalmaterialemateriał توكى،وسايل material material материал materiál material materijal material วัตถุ malzeme, madde 材料 матеріал مادہ nguyên vật liệu 材料

2. cloth. I'd like three metres of blue woollen material. materiaal قِماش плат tecido látka der Stoff stof ύφασμαtela, tejido kangas جنس kangas tissuבד कपड़ा platno anyag kain (fata)efni, vefnaðarvara tessuto 生地 옷감 medžiaga, audinys audums kain stofstoff, tøymateriał جنس tecido stofă материя látka blago materijal tyg ผ้า kumaş 布料 матерія, тканина کپڑا vải 布料

adjective

1. consisting of solid(s), liquid(s), gas(es) or any combination of these. the material world. materieel مادّي веществен material hmotný materiell stoflig; materiel υλικόςmaterial materiaalne ماده aineellinen matérielחומר द्रव्यात्मक materijalan anyagi zat efnislegur, efnis- materiale 物質の 물질로 된 materialus materiāls zat materieelmateriell, stoffligmaterialny شيان،توكى material material материальный hmotný snoven materijalni materiell, fysisk, påtaglig, konkret ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับวัตถุ maddî, fiziksel 物質的 матеріальний جسمانی مادہ، جو ٹھوس، سیال اور گیس پر مشتمل ہو vật chất 物质的

2. belonging to the world; not spiritual. He wanted material things like money, possessions and power. materieel مادّي، غير روحاني материален material materiální materiell materiel; verdslig υλικός, μη πνευματικός material materiaalne مادی materiaalinen matérielחומרי भौतिक stvaran anyagi materi veraldlegur, veraldar- materiale 物質的な 세속적인 materialinis, medžiaginis materiāls, mantisks kebendaan materieelverdslig, materiellmaterialny مادى ،دنيوى material material земной; материальный materiálny materialen materijalni materiell ในโลกของวัตถุ dünyevî, maddesel olan 世俗的 матеріальний دنیاوی، جسمانی، مادی hữu hình 世俗的，物质上的

3. essential or important. evidence that is material to his defence. noodsaaklik جَوْهَري، أساسي، مُهِم важен fundamental podstatný wesentlich afgørende; vigtig σημαντικός, ουσιώδηςimportante, esencial, fundamental tähtis اساسی tärkeä essentielחשוב, מהותי महत्वपूर्ण एवं आवश्यक bitan lényeges penting mikilvægur, nauðsynlegur essenziale, importante 重要な 중요한 esminis, svarbus būtisks, svarīgs penting relevantavgjørende, betydningsfullistotny مهم،اساسى fundamental esenţial существенный, важный podstatný bistven bitan väsentlig สำคัญ önemli 重要的 важливий, істотний ضروری sự cần thiết 重要的

maˈterially adverb

to a great or important extent. Circumstances have changed materially. wesenlik ماديّاً важно consideravelmente výrazně, silně erheblich afgørende σημαντικάsensiblemente, considerablemente oluliselt اساسی merkittävästi sensiblement בְּאוֹפֶן מַהוּתִי भौतिक, द्रव्य पदार्थ bitno lényegesen, jelentősen secara besar-besaran merkjanlega sostanzialmente 大いに 상당히 iš esmės, materialiai būtiski secara besar-besaran essentieelvesentlig, på en avgjørende måte w poważnym stopniu اساسى،ارزښتناك consideravelmente (în mod) sensibil существенно, значительно podstatne bistveno značajno i väsentlig grad, avsevärt อย่างสำคัญ önemli ölçüde 大幅地，實質地 істотно قابل لحاظ طور پر cốt yếu 显著地

maˈterialize, maˈterialise verb

1. to take solid or bodily form. The figure materialized as we watched with astonishment. verskyn يَتَجَسَّد добивам форма materializar-se zhmotnit se feste Gestalt annehmen tage form; materialisere sig υλοποιούμαι, παίρνω σάρκα και οστά materializarse materialiseeruma صورت خارجی به خود گرفتن aineellistua se matérialiser לְהִתגַשֵם मूर्त रूप देना materijalizirati testet ölt menjelma, terwujud líkamnast, holdgast materializzarsi 形を現わす 형체를 주다 ágyti materialø pavidalà materializēties menjelma zich materialiseren bli til virkelighet, stige fram materializować się ظاهرى بنه غوره كول materializar-se a se materializa материализоваться zhmotniť sa utelesiti materijalizovati materialisera (uppenbara) sig เป็นรูปเป็นร่างขึ้น belirmek, vücut bulmak 具體化，成形 матеріалізуватися حقیقت بن جانا cụ thể hóa 具体化，使物质化

2. (of something expected or hoped for) to happen. I don't think her plans will materialize. verwesenlik يَتَحَقَّق осъществявам се tornar-se realidade uskutečnit se sich verwirklichen blive til noget πραγματοποιούμαι, υλοποιούμαι convertirse en realidad teostuma جامه عمل پوشیدن toteutua se réaliser לְהִתמַמֵש वास्तविक होना ostvariti megvalósul terjadi, terwujud verða að veruleika concretizzarsi, realizzarsi 実現する 실현되다 tapti tikrove, ávykti īstenoties terjadi zich verwezenlijkenbli noe av ziścić się د عمل جامه اغوستل tornar-se realidade a se realiza осуществляться uskutočniť sa uresničiti se ostvariti förverkligas, gå i uppfyllelse กลายเป็นจริง gerçekleşmek 落實 здійснюватися, втілюватися в життя اصلیت میں ڈھل جانا hiện thực hóa 实现

maˌterialiˈzation, maˌterialiˈsation noun

verwesenliking تَجَسُّد، تَحْقيق осъществяване materialização realizace die Verkörperung materialisering υλοποίηση, πραγματοποίησηmaterialización teostumine مادی سازی aineistuma matérialisationהתגשמות मूर्तिकरण materijalizacija, ostvarenje megtestesítés; megvalósulás penjelmaan holdgun; það að verða raunverulegur materializzazione 具体化 물질화, 실현 tapimas realiu, materializacija materializācija; īstenošanās penjelmaan materialisatievirkeliggjøring urzeczywistnienie, materializacja مادى پالنه materialização ma­te­rializare материализация; осуществление realizácia utelešenje materijalizacija materialisering, förkroppsligande, förverkligande การทำให้เป็นจริง maddîleş(tir)me 具體化，成形，落實 матеріалізація; здійснення تشکیل sự hiện thực hóa; sự cụ thể hóa 物质化，具体化

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