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materialization

ma·te·ri·al·ize
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
    • /məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz/
    • /mə.ˌtɪə.rɪə.laɪ.ˈzeɪʃ.n̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

Historical Comparancy

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

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Synonyms 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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