ma·te·ri·al (m -tîr  -l)n. 1. The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made. 2. Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort: material for a comedy. 3. materials Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task: writing materials. 4. Yard goods or cloth. 5. A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity: The members of the board felt that she was vice-presidential material. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or composed of matter. 2. Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; bodily: "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens" (Theodore Roosevelt). 3. Of or concerned with the physical as distinct from the intellectual or spiritual: "Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world" (Ralph Waldo Emerson). 4. Being both relevant and consequential; crucial: testimony material to the inquiry. See Synonyms at relevant. 5. Philosophy Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, rather than the form. [Middle English, consisting of matter, material, from Old French, from Late Latin m  terilis, from Latin mteria, matter; see mter- in Indo-European roots.]ma·te ri·al·ness n. |
material
Noun
1. the substance of which a thing is made
2. cloth
3. ideas or notes that a finished work may be based on: the material of the story resembles an incident in his own life
Adjective
1. concerned with or composed of physical matter or substance; not relating to spiritual or abstract things: the material universe
2. of or affecting economic or physical wellbeing: material prosperity
3. relevant or pertinent: material evidence
See also materials [Latin materia matter]
See Materials, Properties of
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  material - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"substance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" ballast - any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship rind - the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) precursor - a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) ammunition - any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction floc, floccule - a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid HAZMAT - an abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs; "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL" aggregate - material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing sorbate - a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption sorbent, sorbent material - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption diamagnet - a substance that exhibits diamagnetism mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition rock, stone - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" sealing material - any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface animal material - material derived from animals fluff - any light downy material bimetal - material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules composite material - strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically conductor - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat dielectric, insulator, nonconductor - a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity contaminant, contamination - a substance that contaminates particulate, particulate matter - a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) dust - free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" elastomer - any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed) earth, ground - the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church" detritus - loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" filling, fill - any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench" foam - a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture homogenate - material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed); "liver homogenate" |
| 2. | material - information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" info, information - a message received and understood rehash - old material that is slightly reworked and used again; "merely a dull rehash of his first novel" copy - material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy" | |
| 3. |  material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"aba - a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair acrylic - a synthetic fabric Aertex - a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear alpaca - a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool baize - a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables basket weave - a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket batik - a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted batiste - a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses belting - the material of which belts are made bombazine - a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments" boucle - a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect broadcloth - a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib broadcloth - a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish brocade - thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing bunting - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. calico - coarse cloth with a bright print cambric - a finely woven white linen camel's hair, camelhair - a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel camlet - a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair camo, camouflage - fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background canopy - the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air cashmere - a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat cerecloth - a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud challis - a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed) chambray - a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp chenille - a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads chiffon - a sheer fabric of silk or rayon chino - a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms chintz - a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric coating - a heavy fabric suitable for coats cobweb - a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers Canton flannel, cotton flannel - a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side cretonne - an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies crinoline - a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing damask - a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it diamante - fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones diaper - a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures dimity - a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains doeskin - a fine smooth soft woolen fabric drapery - cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds duck - a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) | |
| 4. | material - things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" equipment - an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service packaging - material used to make packages railing - material for making rails or rails collectively roofing - material used to construct a roof | |
| 5. | material - a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material" | |
| Adj. | 1. | material - concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" |
| 2. | material - derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" substantial, material, real - having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare nonmaterial, immaterial - not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" | |
| 3. | material - directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness" immaterial - of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" | |
| 4. | material - concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt physical - involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance" | |
| 5. | material - having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett bodied - having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied" | |
| 6. | material - having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare material - derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" |
material
noun 3. information, work, details, facts, notes, evidence, particulars, data, info (informal) subject matter, documentation
adjective 4. physical, worldly, solid, substantial, concrete, fleshly, bodily, tangible, palpable, corporeal, nonspiritual
adjective 5. relevant, important, significant, essential, vital, key, serious, grave, meaningful, applicable, indispensable, momentous, weighty, pertinent, consequential, apposite, apropos, germane
Translations
material [məˈtɪərɪəl] n (= substance) → matière f, matériau m (= cloth); tissu m, étoffe f (= information, data); données fpl
materials npl (= equipment) → matériaux mpl;
material [məˈtɪərɪəl] n → Material nt;
(cloth) → Stoff m
adj (possessions, existence) → materiell;
(relevant) → wesentlich;
materials npl (equipment) → Material nt
material [məˈtɪərɪəl] n (= substance) → materiale m; materia (= cloth); stoffa
adj → materiale (= important); essenziale;
materials npl (= equipment etc) → materiali mpl; occorrente m
n material [məˈtiəriəl]
1 anything out of which something is, or may be, made Tables are usually made from solid material such as wood. materiaal مادَّه суровина materiál materiale das Material υλικό material materjal ماده materiaali matériau חוֹמֶר द्रव्यात्मक materijal anyag bahan efni materiale 材料 재료, 원료 medžiaga materiāls bahan materiaal materiale materiał 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 látka stof der Stoff ύφασμα tela, tejido kangas جنس kangas tissu בַּד कपड़ा platno anyag kain (fata)efni, vefnaðarvara tessuto 生地 옷감 medžiaga, audinys audums kain stof stoff, tøy materiał tecido stofă материя látka blago materijal tyg ผ้า kumaş 布料 матерія, тканина کپڑا vải 布料
adj
1 consisting of solid(s), liquid(s), gas(es) or any combination of these the material world. materieel مادّي веществен hmotný stoflig; materiel materiell υλικός material materiaalne ماده aineellinen matériel חוֹמֶר द्रव्यात्मक materijalan anyagi zat efnislegur, efnis- materiale 物質の 물질의, 물질적인 materialus materiāls zat materieel materiell, stofflig materialny 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 materiální materiel; verdslig materiell υλικός, μη πνευματικός material materiaalne مادی maallinen matériel חוֹמרִי भौतिक stvaran anyagi materi veraldlegur, veraldar- materiale 物質的な 실질적인, 세속적인 materialinis, medžiaginis materiāls, mantisks kebendaan materieel verdslig, materiell materialny material material земной; материальный materiálny materialen materijalni materiell ในโลกของวัตถุ dünyevî, maddesel olan 世俗的，肉体的 матеріальний دنیاوی، جسمانی، مادی hữu hình 物质上的
3 essential or important evidence that is material to his defence. noodsaaklik جَوْهَري، أساسي، مُهِم важен podstatný afgørende; vigtig wesentlich σημαντικός, ουσιώδης importante, esencial, fundamental tähtis اساسی ratkaiseva essentiel חָשוּב, מַהוּתִי महत्वपूर्ण एवं आवश्यक bitan lényeges penting mikilvægur, nauðsynlegur essenziale, importante 重要な 중요한 esminis, svarbus būtisks, svarīgs penting relevant avgjørende, betydningsfull istotny fundamental esenţial существенный, важный podstatný bistven bitan väsentlig สำคัญ önemli 重要的 важливий, істотний ضروری sự cần thiết 重要的
adv maˈterially
to a great or important extent Circumstances have changed materially. wesenlik ماديّاً важно výrazně, silně afgørende erheblich σημαντικά sensiblemente, considerablemente oluliselt اساسی merkittävästi sensiblement בְּאוֹפֶן מַהוּתִי भौतिक, द्रव्य पदार्थ bitno lényegesen, jelentősen secara besar-besaran merkjanlega sostanzialmente 大いに 크게, 엄청나게 iš esmės, materialiai būtiski secara besar-besaran essentireel vesentlig, på en avgjørende måte w poważnym stopniu consideravelmente (în mod) sensibil существенно, значительно podstatne bistveno značajno i väsentlig grad, avsevärt ทางวัตถุนิยม önemli ölçüde 顯著地 істотно قابل لحاظ طور پر cốt yếu 显著地
v maˈterialize, maˈterialise
1 to take solid or bodily form The figure materialized as we watched with astonishment. verskyn يَتَجَسَّد добивам форма zhmotnit se tage form; materialisere sig Gestalt annehmen feste 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 모습을 드러내다 ágyti materialø pavidalà materializēties menjelma zich materialiseren bli til virkelighet, stige fram materializować się materializar-se a se materializa материализоваться zhmotniť sa utelesiti materijalizovati materialisera (uppenbara) sig ทำให้เป็นจริง belirmek, vücut bulmak 出現﹐顯現 матеріалізуватися حقیقت بن جانا cụ thể hóa 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 uskutečnit se blive til noget sich verwirklichen 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 verwezenlijken bli noe av ziścić się tornar-se realidade a se realiza осуществляться uskutočniť sa uresničiti se ostvariti förverkligas, gå i uppfyllelse กลายเป็นจริง gerçekleşmek 實現 здійснюватися, втілюватися в життя اصلیت میں ڈھل جانا hiện thực hóa 实现
n maˌterialiˈzation, maˌterialiˈsation
verwesenliking تَجَسُّد، تَحْقيق осъществяване realizace materialisering die Verkörperung υλοποίηση, πραγματοποίηση materialización teostumine مادی سازی toteutuminen matérialisation הִתגַשמוּת मूर्तिकरण materijalizacija, ostvarenje megtestesítés; megvalósulás penjelmaan holdgun; það að verða raunverulegur materializzazione 具体化 형상화, 실현 tapimas realiu, materializacija materializācija; īstenošanās penjelmaan materialisatie virkeliggjøring urzeczywistnienie, materializacja materialização materializare материализация;осуществление realizácia utelešenje materijalizacija materialisering, förkroppsligande, förverkligande การทำให้เป็นจริง maddîleş(tir)me 物質化 матеріалізація; здійснення تشکیل sự hiện thực hóa; sự cụ thể hóa 物质化
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