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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 Word Forms
- ·ٱ·····پDz [m, uh, -teer-ee-, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ·ٱ···· noun
- ··ٱ··· verb rematerialized rematerializing
- ܲ··ٱ··· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of materialize1
Example Sentences
All of that in the name of saving money which doesn't appear to be materializing.
But it’s unclear whether such concessions will materialize; some trading partners have expressed outrage at Trump’s behavior.
A person seems to be coming into view, materializing from emptiness before your eyes.
And in an episode dedicated to Astoria — a nice change of view — a stereotypical housewife from a TV coffee commercial materializes in her living room.
After the Hooters shooting, the “upper levels” of both motorcycle clubs tried to “broker” a meeting, but one never materialized, the officer wrote.
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