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- [muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
- /məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz/
- /mə.ˌtɪə.rɪə.laɪ.ˈzeɪʃ.n̩/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
- /məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz/
Definitions of materialization word
- verb without object materialization to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized. 1
- verb without object materialization to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet. 1
- verb with object materialization to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition. 1
- verb with object materialization to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors. 1
- verb with object materialization to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form. 1
- verb with object materialization to render materialistic. 1
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Origin of materialization
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 Materialization
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
materialization 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.
According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
materialization usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for materialization
noun materialization
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- sequence — the following of one thing after another; succession.
- being — Being is the present participle of be1.
- spin-off — Commerce. a process of reorganizing a corporate structure whereby the capital stock of a division or subsidiary of a corporation or of a newly affiliated company is transferred to the stockholders of the parent corporation without an exchange of any part of the stock of the latter. Compare split-off (def 3), split-up (def 3).
- actualization — the act or process of actualizing.
Antonyms for materialization
noun materialization
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
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