materialize
verb (used without object)
to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out.
materialized
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past participleof materialize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof materialize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
materializeverb (used without object)to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out.
Example Sentences
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That effort eventually materialized into a special collection at UC San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
As we drove down to Orikum, a beach town south of Vlore, Aulon spoke at length about the other times they’ve been promised benefits from luxury tourist resorts that never materialized.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
He insisted that a deal was “imminent” although one hasn’t materialized yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Despite the goal with these incentives being to attract filmmaking and lead to economic stimulus, that’s not materialized in the data,” Button said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Beidleman, Groom, their clients, and two Sherpas from Fischer’s team who had belatedly materialized out of the mist—Tashi Tshering and Ngawang Dorje—had coalesced into a single group.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
