materialize
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Related to materialising: undeterred, reinvigorated, outlined, took over, bumped up, scrutinised, overhyped
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).
ma·te′ri·al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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materialize
(məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) ormaterialise
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
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| Verb | 1. |  materialize - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"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.
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materialize
verb1. To make real or actual:
Idioms: bring to pass, carry into effect.
2. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:
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Translations
uskutečnit sezhmotnit se
blive til nogetmaterialisere sig
aineellistaaaineellistuamaterialisoidamaterialisoitua
megvalósultestet ölt
líkamnast, holdgastverîa aî veruleika
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
the funds haven't materialized so far → hasta ahora no han aparecido los fondos
3. [spirit] → materializarse
B. VT → materializar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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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, realizzarsiso far he hasn't materialized (fam) → per ora non si è visto
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material
(məˈtiəriəl) noun1. anything out of which something is, or may be, made. Tables are usually made from solid material such as wood.
2. cloth. I'd like three metres of blue woollen material.
adjective1. consisting of solid(s), liquid(s), gas(es) or any combination of these. the material world.
2. belonging to the world; not spiritual. He wanted material things like money, possessions and power.
3. essential or important. evidence that is material to his defence.
maˈterially adverb to a great or important extent. Circumstances have changed materially.
maˈterialize, maˈterialise verb1. to take solid or bodily form. The figure materialized as we watched with astonishment.
2. (of something expected or hoped for) to happen. I don't think her plans will materialize.
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