materialize
[ muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz ]
/ məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz /
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verb (used without object), ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing.
to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out:Our plans never materialized.
to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
verb (used with object), ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing.
to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition.
to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form.
to render materialistic.
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Also especially British, ma·te·ri·al·ise .
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British Dictionary definitions for materialize
materialize
materialise
/ (məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) /
verb
(intr) to become fact; actually happenour 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 tangibleafter hours of discussion, the project finally began to materialize
physics to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production
Derived forms of materialize
materialization or materialisation, nounmaterializer or materialiser, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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