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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Nearby words

materialism, materialist, materialistic, materiality, materialization, materialize, materially, materials, materials handling, materials science, materiel

Also especially British, ma·te·ri·al·ise.

Origin of materialize

First recorded in 1700–10; material + -ize

SYNONYMS FOR materialize

1 emerge, show, rise, issue.

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Related forms

ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion, nounma·te·ri·al·iz·er, nounre·ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion, nounre·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

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Examples from the Web for materialize

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If the aid promised by the United States were actually to materialize!
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Like some strange, shining ghosts, these ships seemed to materialize instantly beside and behind their fleet.
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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 Formsmaterialization or materialisation, nounmaterializer or materialiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for materialize

materialize

1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize. Meaning "appear in bodily form" is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing.