materialize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to give material form to; realize.
This year, she materialized her long-held ambition to go to law school.
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to invest with material attributes.
The writer materializes the more abstract ideas with metaphors, making the concepts easier to grasp.
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to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form.
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to render materialistic.
verb
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(intr) to become fact; actually happen
our hopes never materialized
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to invest or become invested with a physical shape or form
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to cause (a spirit, as of a dead person) to appear in material form or (of a spirit) to appear in such form
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(intr) to take shape; become tangible
after hours of discussion, the project finally began to materialize
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physics to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production
Other Word Forms
- materialization noun
- materializer noun
- rematerialize verb
- unmaterialized adjective
Etymology
Origin of materialize
Example Sentences
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An Instagram account called “ChuckChuck” materialized, depicting Horning as the Grinch.
But the predicted total exodus never fully materialized.
And yet, the groundswell of outrage that I expected from my community hasn’t materialized.
This 1870s photograph shows famed medium Florence Cook slumped on a chair in an unconscious trance with a materialized spirit named Katie King standing behind her.
From Literature
Then finally, as if it had just materialized before me, we saw a cottage, nestled in the trees, smoke rising from the chimney.
From Literature
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