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materialize

/məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/

materialize verb: to cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

Verb

materialize (third-person singular simple present materializes, present participle materializing, simple past and past participle materialized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
    Synonyms:
    incorporate
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
    • a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]1875, Epes Sargent, The Proof Palpable of Immortality
    • Don’t you find, that things fail to materialize? Nothing materializes! Everything withers in the bud.1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.
  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
  5. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.

materialize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic

materialize in Tamil

உருக்கொடு, உருவாகு, உருவாக்கு

materialize in Bengali

to cause to take physical form or to appear
মাটিআরিআলাইজ্ maṭiarialaij
to take physical form or to appear seemingly from nowhere
মাটিআরিআলাইজ্ maṭiarialaij, বাস্তবায়িত bastobaẏito

materialize in Malayalam

occur, happen, come about
മൂർത്തമാകുക, യാഥാർത്ഥ്യമായിത്തീരുക, രൂപംകൊള്ളുക, ഉരുവിക്കുക, സംഭവിക്കുക, ആകുക
arrive, appear, turn up
ആവിർഭവിക്കുക, പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുക, പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുക, എത്തുക, ഹാജരാകുക, സന്നിഹിതനാകുക

materialize in Arabic

to cause to take physical form or to appear
جَسَّدَ jassada
to take physical form or to appear seemingly from nowhere
تَجَسَّدَ tajassada

Examples of materialize in a sentence

  • Some are on the tip of my tongue, and hopefully they will materialize shortly.
  • His trend-forecasting ability materialized when he was getting his B.F.A. in painting at RISD.
  • He stared at Zoey, and a sheepish smile materialized on his face.

All 33 example sentences with materialize

Synonyms of materialize

Forms of materialize

third-person singular presentmaterializes
present participlematerializing
past participlematerialized
pastmaterialized
alternative formmaterialise

Past tense of materialize: materialized

Origin of materialize

From material + -ize.

Words formed from materialize

Questions about materialize

What does materialize mean?
Materialize means to cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
What is materialize in Tamil?
Materialize in Tamil is உருக்கொடு, உருவாகு, உருவாக்கு. See Materialize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is materialize?
Materialize is a verb.
How do you pronounce materialize?
Materialize is pronounced /məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/.
What is the past tense of materialize?
The past tense of materialize is materialized.

Words near materialize in the dictionary

  1. materialities
  2. materiality
  3. materializable
  4. materialization
  5. materializations
  6. materialize
  7. materialized
  8. materializer
  9. materializers
  10. materializes
  11. materializing

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