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- [muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
- /məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz/
- /məˈtɪə.ri.ə.laɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
- /məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz/
Definitions of materialise word
- verb without object materialise to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized. 1
- verb without object materialise to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet. 1
- verb with object materialise to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition. 1
- verb with object materialise to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors. 1
- verb with object materialise to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form. 1
- verb with object materialise to render materialistic. 1
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Origin of materialise
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; material + -ize
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Parts of speech for Materialise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
materialise popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
materialise usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for materialise
verb materialise
- appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- show up — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- turn up — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
- pop up — Informal. unexpected; without prior warning or announcement: The teacher gave us a pop quiz.
Antonyms for materialise
verb materialise
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
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