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noun
1.
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
2.
anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed: Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made.
3.
any constituent element.
4.
a textile fabric: material for a dress.
5.
EXPANDa group of ideas, facts, data, etc., that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work: to gather material for a history of North Carolina; to write material for a comedy show.
6.
materials, the articles or apparatus needed to make or do something: writing materials.
7.
COLLAPSEa person considered as having qualities suited to a particular sphere of activity: The boy's teachers did not think he was college material.
adjective
8.
formed or consisting of matter; physical; corporeal: the material world.
9.
relating to, concerned with, or involving matter: material forces.
10.
pertaining to the physical rather than the spiritual or intellectual aspect of things: material comforts.
11.
pertaining to or characterized by an undue interest in corporeal things; unspiritual.
12.
EXPANDof substantial import; of much consequence; important: Your support will make a material difference in the success of our program.
13.
pertinent or essential (usually followed by to): a question not material to the subject at hand.
14.
Law. likely to influence the determination of a case: material evidence.
15.
COLLAPSEPhilosophy. of or pertaining to matter as distinguished from form.
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Material
is always a great word to know.
So is precedent. Does it mean:
| a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases |
| a written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition |
Related forms
ma·te·ri·al·ness, noun
pre·ma·te·ri·al, adjective
qua·si-ma·te·ri·al, adjective
qua·si-ma·te·ri·al·ly, adverb
su·per·ma·te·ri·al, noun
EXPANDAntonyms
8. incorporeal. 12. unimportant.
8. incorporeal. 12. unimportant.
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Example Sentences
- Also known as shade fabric, this woven material is useful as a temporary or long-term screen against hot sun and drying winds.
- The model produces an estimate of the radioactive material escaping at the source of the accident.
- Sometimes all you have to do is change your perspective and a familiar material looks new again.
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Word Origin & History
material
late 14c. (adj.) "pertaining to matter," a term in scholastic philosophy and theology, from L.L. materialis (adj.) "of or belonging to matter," from L. materia "matter, stuff, wood, timber" (see matter). The noun is attested from 1550s.
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