materialization
i verb (used without object)
1.
to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
2.
to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition.
4.
to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
5.
to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form.
6.
to render materialistic.
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Also, especially British, ma·te·ri·al·ise.
Related forms
ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion, noun
ma·te·ri·al·iz·er, noun
re·ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion, noun
re·ma·te·ri·al·ize, verb, re·ma·te·ri·al·ized, re·ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing.
un·ma·te·ri·al·ized, adjective
Synonyms
1. emerge, show, rise, issue.
1. emerge, show, rise, issue.
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materialize or materialise (məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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. | physics to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production |
| materialise or materialise | |
| —vb | |
| materiali'zation or materialise | |
| —n | |
| materiali'sation or materialise | |
| —n | |
| ma'terializer or materialise | |
| —n | |
| ma'terialiser or materialise | |
| —n | |
| materialize or materialise (məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) | |
| —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. | physics to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production |
| materialise or materialise | |
| —vb | |
| materiali'zation or materialise | |
| —n | |
| materiali'sation or materialise | |
| —n | |
| ma'terializer or materialise | |
| —n | |
| ma'terialiser or materialise | |
| —n | |
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