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materialize
[ muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz ]
verb (used without object)
- to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out:
Our plans never materialized.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal:
The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
verb (used with object)
- to give material form to; realize:
This year, she materialized her long-held ambition to go to law school.
- to invest with material attributes:
The writer materializes the more abstract ideas with metaphors, making the concepts easier to grasp.
- to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form.
- to render materialistic.
materialize
/ əˈɪəɪəˌɪ /
verb
- intr to become fact; actually happen
our hopes never materialized
- 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
- intr to take shape; become tangible
after hours of discussion, the project finally began to materialize
- physics to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production
Derived Forms
- ˈٱˌ, noun
- ˌٱˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٱ·····پDz [m, uh, -teer-ee-, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ·ٱ···· noun
- ··ٱ··· verb rematerialized rematerializing
- ܲ··ٱ··· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of materialize1
Example Sentences
“The slight recovery that was expected has failed to materialize.”
But it will take a long time to realize the benefits of these efforts, if they ever materialize.
Meyers was talking about a supposed robbery at a bodega when the comedian materialized on set, saying, “Honestly, I’m concerned with how you’re going to end that joke.”
I was long an advocate for these efforts; however, I became increasingly troubled that while the complexion of churches began to change, the promised racial justice didn’t materialize.
And I confess that I would have expected some energy from the college campuses but virtually none has materialized.
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